On 8/12/2016 8:28 PM, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 05:16:24AM +0000, Daniil Berendeev wrote:
Hello guys!
First of all, it's not a hate mail, I appreciate all the work done on
the system and I enjoy using FreeBSD every day.
But after some recent experience I'd like to point out some problems
that make using the ports collection uncomfortable and painful.
Some overview before we start:
* Why I use ports over pkg?
Because, generally, packages are built with poor default options, for
example moc isn't able to play .alac/.mod and that's frustrating.
Lot's of work has been done over the last years improve the default options for
general pupose cases. Have you open an issue about that one?
but we still need a way to specify "minimum options please" to stop
dependency fanout from going too wild.
I touched a port last week that required about 200 others, a lot of
which would not have been needed for what I would call a common
functionality configuration.
Have you considered using things like poudriere that would allow you to build
your own repository with your own set of packages and options.
You will benefit:
- ability to use pkg for your upgrades
- ability to use customize your packages
- safe rebuild process (in case of broken ABI)
Best regards,
Bapt
I'm actually slowly moving to this if I can work out how to specify my
own chroot image, and a few other things I need to tweak. (my own sets
of patches to add).
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