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Re: Status of syspkg or similar



At Sat, 22 May 2021 10:39:07 +0100, Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
Subject: Re: Status of syspkg or similar
>
> Thanks for the info. From what I understand, there are two separate
> packaging systems - traditional NetBSD sets, and syspkgs. The two
> systems cannot really co-exist together, so if/when more granular
> packaging system is implemented, the sets should be deprecated.

No, "sets" shouldn't be deprecated.

The two schemes may not be compatible within the same instance, but the
"sets" packaging is, and has long proven to be, a perfectly adequate and
very usable alternative.

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