On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM George Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think the .tgz blobs used by NetBSD are a good example of the biggest > blobbyness you want. rescue and base are the minimal safe set. games X11, > debug and documentation are long standing extras. > Which is what we had, more or less. > For now, I like the direction the intent is going: yes, a lot of parts. > But, separating their "head" so pkg delete -f is "safe" for ordinary use is > a good plan (if that IS the plan) > I'm wondering if the idea of package groups has been considered. This would also allow things like distinguishing packages installed by ports, which might be useful when dependencies conflict with those installed from package repos. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh [email protected]
