Re: (2517) the error message when removing a dependency of a vital package is uninformative (was: Trying to understand base system packages)

On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:23:21 -0500
Kurt Hackenberg <kh@panix.com> wrote:

> >however, pkgbase in 15.0 is shipped as a tech preview, and there are
> >several features and edge cases which do not work as well as we would
> >like.
> 
> Maybe we shouldn't use it in 15.0. How can we know how to avoid it?
> 

I assumed that the "technology preview" meant: "the feature is fully
complete and ready to use, but may contain minor bugs".

The fact that it is still undergoing development and design changes,
suggests that the feature is still work in progress. Some may
disagree with this definition. Anyway, I think this is fine and helps
to get test exposure from different users. If you are someone like me
who uses FreeBSD occasionally and not too deeply familiar with its
sysadmin features, then may be avoid using base packages on production
systems.