Re: [9fans] /usr/src and /usr/ports not git directories ?

Bakul Shah <bakul_at_iitbombay.org> wrote on
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:15:04 UTC :

> [-9fans, +freebsd-current as 9fans adds a reply-to: 9fans line]
> 
> > On Jan 23, 2025, at 3:53 PM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I fail to see how putting code in the kernel is better than just using got for the few people that are alergic to git. Even if it is only 1000 lines in plan 9, but likely more in FreeBSD and by the way not yet ported to FreeBSD. We know got can't crash the system and is small enough to not matter, even if it isn't in the base today.
> 
> 
> May I suggest:
> - always ship the *commit hash* for any release or snapshot with its base.txz

For stable/* and main builds via PkgBase:

I'll note that, for PkgBase, the commit hashes for the "base" vs. the "kernel"
need not be identical from what I've seen. In other words, the separate
packages for /usr/src/sys/ vs. for the rest of /usr/src/ need not be
based on the exact-same commit hash.

Releases avoid that via the explicit control of when the releng/*.* content is
updated: no update happens between and teh result happens to always match
because of that (if I understand right).

This seems to be something new for any official FreeBSD builds of stable/* and
main .

> - src.txz as now (or add commit hash)

See above if a stable/* or main context might involve PkgBase
build instead.

> - this is enough to download a repo (1-deep or whatever), bare if src.txz was also unpacked.
> - add a simple script to download as above.
> - people can install whatever git client they want for further work.
> 
> git9 doesn't require any kernel code but on freebsd you'd have to
> use plan9port. It is far simpler but has a different interface.

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Mark Millard
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