Re: NetBSD system package

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6725%twc.com@localhost>]

> 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).

Tom