FreeBSD and NetBSD's pkgsrc: A strategic synergy for awesomeness

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On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:58:18 -0700
Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> FreeBSD Ports Tree Management wrote:
> > Dear FreeBSD ports community,
> ...
>> We are hereby
> > announcing our intentions to switch over to NetBSD's pkgsrc tree
> > and close our own FreeBSD ports tree. 

>>...
> >   
> Wow. I suppose I should try NetBSD now to figure out what it's all 
> about. Can someone either provide a link or a quick synopsis, of what 
> the differences are between the current ports tree and NetBSD's
> pkgsrc tree? 


$ date
Sun Apr  1 21:09:38 BST 2007