Call for testing: pkgbase support in 15.0

cracauer@ said:
No way they make a major ZFS update past a RC stage.
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It wouldn't be a new change:
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root@freebsd15:~ # freebsd-version -kru
15.0-RC1
15.0-RC1
15.0-RC1
root@freebsd15:~ # zfs --version
zfs-2.4.0-rc3-FreeBSD_g814f9afba
zfs-kmod-2.4.0-rc3-FreeBSD_g814f9afba
 
Two presentations of the 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit wrt FreeBSD 15 seem particularly relevant:

1- New in 15.0 Demo – John Baldwin (FreeBSD Project) & Ed Maste (FreeBSD Foundation)
Start at ca. 4:11 hrs - end at ca. 4:59 hrs
After the higlights of what's new in 15 by John Baldwin, Ed Maste continues with a live Sylve and Package Base Demo. Within a Sylve environment a plain vanilla 14.2-RELEASE is installed, pkgbasify is applied to convert it into a packaged base and, by using pkg(8) the OS is upgraded to (a packaged base) 14.3-RELEASE.

2 - 15.0-RELEASE and pkgbase – Colin Percival (FreeBSD Project)
Start at ca. 1:42 hr - end at ca. 2:24 hrs. Notable quotes:
Also, I want package [pkg] in the base system because package being in ports is a problem.
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[...] Yes, freebsd-update works and will continu to work for the extent of the 15, FreeBSD-15 release.
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[...] 15.0 is a big release, much more than a regular major release. A lot of people have been saying, and I agree with this, 15.0 is really the most major FreeBSD release since 5.0, since when SMP landed.
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In the course of the presentation, Colin Percival compares data points between 15.0 and previous major releases during their pre-release periods.

I scanned through day1 (first presentation) and day2 (second presentation); the sound of day1 is "challenging" to say the least. Day2 audio has been improved substantially.
 
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Is the ZFS version bump the only change in 15.0-RC3? I blindly updgraded my throwaway laptop to RC3 today... I don't notice anything different. The machine still boots and runs fine.

RC3.png
 
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A summary of changes since RC3 includes:

o Updates to several man pages.
o Adding a "backup" pkgbase signing key.
* Slightly adjusting the package set on DVDs to fit within the 4.7 GB limit.
o Adding the allow_kdc_spoof option to pam_krb5.
o Fixing bugs in cp and inotify.
The next one might be RC5.
 
Charlie_ said:
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A summary of changes since RC3 includes:

o Updates to several man pages.
o Adding a "backup" pkgbase signing key.
* Slightly adjusting the package set on DVDs to fit within the 4.7 GB limit.
o Adding the allow_kdc_spoof option to pam_krb5.
o Fixing bugs in cp and inotify.
The next one might be RC5.
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I think it will be a -RELEASE, as per the schedule... It will probably take a showstopper bug to have RC5 instead of a -RELEASE... I'm frankly looking forward to it.
 
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