On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 12:18:58PM +0000, maya%netbsd.org@localhost wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 06:23:00AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > > I am working on wip/basepkg that follows syspkgs project[1]. It can > > > make base system packages as syspkg. > > > > > I gave an presentations in AsiaBSDCon 2017 and 2018[2]. I am using > > > it and it seems to be work well. But it has still a few problems > > > (dependency, naming of package, build server, etc). > > > > > Source code and usage are here[3]. I want to obtain feedback from > > > users of basepkg. > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > [1] https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/syspkgs/ > > > [2] http://www.jp.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/index.html > > > [3] https://github.com/user340/basepkg > > > > > Yuuki Enomoto <uki%e-yuuki.org@localhost> > > > > FreeBSD is also trying something like this, originally intended to be included in FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE, but that proved far too ambitious. > > > > Now FreeBSD is apparently trying to include pkgbase in FreeBSD 12.0, but activity on freebsd-pkgbase%freebsd.org@localhost emailing list is very infrequent. > > > > Would NetBSD users have the choice on whether or not to include native X in NetBSD system package, or to use pkgsrc modular-xorg? > > > > FreeBSD does not include Xorg in base system, only in ports (their package building and management system, comparable to pkgsrc for NetBSD). > > That isn't a "change of direction announcement", it's a project Yuuki > Enomoto is working on. > > NetBSD/pkgsrc do not impose strong choices about where Xorg comes from. > You can use Xorg from pkgsrc if you wish, and not install the X sets. > I assume even with basepkg it is still possible. > > The current choice for NetBSD is to continue with base Xorg. > Keep in mind that NetBSD ships a release with a binary & functional Xorg > even for architectures like m68k, and to provide the same from pkgsrc > would take large amounts of work. > Any change will have to be for select architectures only. basepkg is third party project, so it is not NetBSD official project. Sorry for confusing you. -- Yuuki Enomoto <uki%e-yuuki.org@localhost>
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