Re: A Demo of rust-in-base

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> Alan Somers writes:
> > On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 12:20=E2=80=AFPM Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.=
> > dk> wrote:
> 
> > > How is that different from any other dependency management in ports ?
> >
> > Because those two components need to be updated in lock-step with
> > potentially any git commit to the base system.  Not just official
> > releases, even minor ones.
> 
> I'm not trying to be glib here: I really want to make sure I understand
> any fine nuances you are trying to communicate.
> 
> Isn't that precisely what drm-kmod already deals with ?

That may be a bad sample, as IIRC, that code is moving back into
base because it was found to be "too much of a headache" to maintain
externally as a port.  Or at least I recall such a discussion occuring.

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