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Well, maybe it's just me but when I ask for something I tend not to use expressions like or especially when you use wrong examples to prove your point. But again, maybe it's just me.

I have set up a new Gentoo machine last week, and while they also have an option for precompiled packages now, much of it still isn’t.

Try Gentoo.

Ahh comments. Some "styles" think you need a comment for every line, which leads to comments like "increment X" for a line like X++. I've always commented heavily for the sections that took me way too long to figure out because I know I'm...

That has certainly not been my experience. Minor versions often introduce incompatibilities. Python introduces new minors every year, and only supports them for two years. Writing stuff in Python nowadays is dooming yourself to a death of a...

The magnitude of changes is not greater than what other languages went through. It is just that you have no compile-time checking APIs to detect changed APIs before you run, and that the string literal issue is essentially uncheckable except by a...

Transitioning to Python3 can be non-trivial with the subtle literal string changes and its dynamically typed nature, though. Better rewrite it in Rust :)

Not sure it's possible or not. But if you REALLY want it, file a bug with requiring exp-run JUST NOW! (I wouldn't, as I hate Python as commented below.) Some details why I state it such a radical way. Upgrading default Python has too huge an...

I would write was, if the future is really to have no choice but leave pkgbase to rule the system. I hope that meanwhile, some scripts will be released to simplify the upgrade process with pkgbase. Actually, that makes me think an OS upgrade...

Yes. It still illustrates that re-implementing something that has a solid, much-revisited codebase can be less secure than the old code.

"In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit from memory safe languages[...]" LOLWUT Didn't the tar package for Rust just had a major security problem?

And why does the drives show up as "ndaX" in geom disk list instead of "nvdX"?

Indeed, the disks are empty. Looks like you've lost the data on those. Maybe you'll find more info with camcontrol.

Are the SSD's old?

I also don't like the tone of that email. How is a random architecture's maintainer supposed to come up with a Rust toolchain in 6 months? This is not the right way to decide the set of architectures. If this was about a new subsystem that is...

Yes. It still illustrates that re-implementing something that has a solid, much-revisited codebase can be less secure than the old code.

You might need to import using its id, which will be listed if the following command fails, zpool-import.# zpool import -d device

even if Rust is better for memory safety, it won't protect you against every stupid thing a developer can do. The bug in question wasn't related to memory safety.

As many people know, I'm an OpenSCAD user. Recently, I have noticed that it complains when I export in AMF format I have the latest package installed root@kg-core2:~ # pkg info openscad\* openscad-2025.05.08_2 but the 3MF is not in the list of...

"In particular, our code to parse .deb, .ar, .tar, and the HTTP signature verification code would strongly benefit from memory safe languages[...]" LOLWUT Didn't the tar package for Rust just had a major security problem?

"Debian's APT Will Soon Begin Requiring Rust: Debian Ports Need To Adapt Or Be Sunset" https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-APT-Will-Require-Rust https://lists.debian.org/deity/2025/10/msg00071.html Note that a "port" in Debian terminology is...

Oh I forgot... "Intelligent simian wanted... must be prepared to work for peanuts".

Being debt free is a liberating experience

Na, me not. More or less it worked out, and where I really didn't get what I wanted, that was in a different realm. I just had hoped that in my later days I could still do some consulting, for fun and to have entertainment. But maybe that is not...

I don't understand your statements then. This seems contradictory to me. Upgrade instructions can be found here

The album is better than the previous albums with Blaze Bayley, yes. But the title to me is associated with Aldous Huxley's book which is a dystopia, so I thought the article was critical of pkgbase.

There can only be one first category, but multiple categories can be registered. For example, lazarus is CATEGORIES=editors devel. Some categories are virtual. docs, education, geography, gnome, kde, linux, python, wayland etc. It might be a good...

Thank you! Reducing my config file to the above (with the addition of Option "XkbOptions" "caps:escape") did the trick. If this would not have worked, I was planning to use ~/.xinitrc as suggested by other replies.

I have to agree with fmc000 here, even if it's a bit rough. FreeBSD is easy to upgrade too. There's just a major change in the process that is not yet documented in the handbook, for a release that is not out. Either you play with it and risk...

I don't think you understand the potential of pkgbase. It's still learning to walk here. I don't have to create src.conf for specific jails/vms or have a full base system just to run a single service. I can just build one repo with poudriere (or...

For your problem, open a PR, report multimedia/ffmpeg. There is a bug report with the same problem on multimedia/mplayer , fixed with a ffmpeg update (Comment # 3). Bug 283816 - multimedia/mplayer: needs a bump after multimedia/ffmpeg $...

I have to agree with fmc000 here, even if it's a bit rough. FreeBSD is easy to upgrade too. There's just a major change in the process that is not yet documented in the handbook, for a release that is not out. Either you play with it and risk...

The commit 7f9d8df0bafb from the mail doesn't appear in the official ports tree git log. Is this a commit to a local clone? Also, patching the ffmpeg port (main ports tree) with the diff from the mail results in a reject, and malformed patch...

I've spent most of my life on Debian Linux. Updating to the chosen version is incredibly simple. A small change to the repository configuration entries, executing two commands: apt update && apt dist-upgrade And if there are no conflicts, the...

Maturin Yep, the Planetary Computer

Since also imaginary computers are allowed, and Douglas Adams was already mentioned, let me throw in another weird computer, to continue on the actual topic:

scottro had it mostly right. The Forums started out not only because other forums failed or went away, but also because people at FreeBSD felt it needed its own community support beyond the mailing lists. This was at a time when mailing lists...

To be honest - I just fucking love the 'Brave New World' track from this record. I believe only the 'Blood Brothers' and 'The Wicker Man' can only compete with it. ... and yes - with all its current potential drawback I believe that PKGBASE is...

To be honest - I just fucking love the 'Brave New World' track from this record. I believe only the 'Blood Brothers' and 'The Wicker Man' can only compete with it. ... and yes - with all its current potential drawback I believe that PKGBASE is...

Brave New World? Probably better than 99.99% of music ever released. Vermaden using it as a title for pkgbase article makes me pretty optimistic for the pkgbase.

Something is unclear here. As vermaden stated, for a RELEASE you need to have: It's very simple to update the system (security patches): pkg upgrade -r FreeBSD-base It's a little inelegant to perform a major upgrade* : env...

He will learn ... sometimes it takes more time then it should.

He will learn ... sometimes it takes more time then it should.

Well, maybe it's just me but when I ask for something I tend not to use expressions like or especially when you use wrong examples to prove your point. But again, maybe it's just me.

It was a semplification, my 15.0-R is actually BETA3 and will be BETA4 when released and so on. To upgrade I just followed the pkgbase wiki page (I'm unfortunately in a hospital bed for the second time in as many months, so I don't have any...

While I agree with what You wrote - please keep in mind that Yampress is more at the beginning of his FreeBSD mastery - not at the end. He was asking - not judging. He just seeks answer that FreeBSD project did not directly defined. I even tried...

A lot of this is just repackaging that the food industry has done for decades. They put the same thing in a different box and advertise it as "New!".

Well, of course! Consider who created it (as a Unix/C lover).

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Tl;dr stop spreading FUD. I have three different pkgbase BEs on a single machine, 14.3-S 15-S and 15-R: started from 14.3-R; converted to pkgbase; created a new BE and upgraded to 15-R; created a new BE and upgraded to 15-S; went back to 14.3-R...