Re: RFC: Renaming "FreeBSD" repo in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to "FreeBSD-ports"

In reply to: Bakul Shah : "Re: RFC: Renaming "FreeBSD" repo in /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf to "FreeBSD-ports""
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From: Juraj Lutter <otis_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:55:31 UTC

> On 20 Aug 2025, at 20:49, Bakul Shah <bakul@iitbombay.org> wrote:
> 
> Would prefer shorter names or aliases. This is all FreeBSD related so
> why not just drop the FreeBSD- prefix?

Having FreeBSD- prefix might indicate that the repository is maintained
by the FreeBSD organization. If there would have been, say, “ports”, that
would be too generic without any distinction.

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Juraj Lutter
otis@FreeBSD.org