[HEADSUP & CFT] pkg 1.0rc1 and schedule

[Matthew Seaman]

On 13/07/2012 13:14, Fbsd8 wrote:
> What I want to know is this new pkg system going to remove the
> requirement of having the complete ports tree on my system?
> 
> What I am looking for in an port system, is to install a port and any
> files needed for the parent port and its dependents to automatically be
> downloaded. So in the end my system ports tree only contain the files
> used to install the ports I use and their dependents.

Yes, you will be able to use pkgng without having a full ports tree
installed on your system.  You can pretty much do that already, although
the central pkgng package repository is still only in beta.

The only bit of pkgng that still requires the ports to be installed is
'pkg version' which is not critical for maintaining your system.
Modifying 'pkg version' so that it doesn't need to use the ports tree is
an open issue on github:

   https://github.com/pkgng/pkgng/issues/195

Patches / pull requests gratefully received.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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