Re: It's not Rust, it's FreeBSD (and LLVM)

From: Chris <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 01:16:08 UTC
On 2024-09-08 15:30, void wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2024, at 16:32, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
>> A FreeBSD system with no installed ports is a rarity today.
> 
> I have 3 such systems. There may be more people running plain systems than 
> you think.
...
> FreeBSD as OS is in that sense incomplete (again IMO).
> Why isn't got or git@tiny in base. We used to have svnlite.
> 
> [1] If freebsd goes entirely to pkgbase, would it then really be an OS or
> just a distro? (eg 'linux is a kernel')
I'm just going to respond to this last bit...
It wouldn't be a "distro" in the sense of Linux, as Linux is only a kernel.
Whereas (Free)BSD is a complete system.

P.S. I know this reply comes late; but I'm catching up on email. :(

--Chris