[Bug 284054] ports-mgmt/pkg: Does not recognize .pkg as a valid suffix (triggered by portupgrade)

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284054

Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> changed:

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--- Comment #24 from Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to Terry Kennedy from comment #19)
> This doesn't seem to correct the "If an invalid or no format is specified txz is
> assumed." part of the manpage, if the info in comment 12 is correct and the default > format is now tzst.

Yep, I spotted that as well while looking over the first patch I submitted and
it is now fixed in
https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/commit/27b286a64cab91d3eff0e5fb6358f278ab563a30.

Note that this is incorrect for FreeBSD 13 -- the default is still txz there,
set at configure time for pkg itself. But at least pkg's own default is now
correctly stated.

> Also, I don't think the "in the near future" deprecation notice in the handbook is
> reasonable. Unless there's some plan to remove portsmgmt/portupgrade from the ports
> tree, it is going to remain in quarterly builds for some time. db5 has been hanging
> around in the ports tree long past its sell-by date.

Fair comment; I'm trying to strike a balance between "don't surprise the users"
and "make the user community aware that developers already think this was
deprecated years ago." I originally went with just "removed in the future" but
added "near" based on a comment in the review.

In any case I think the discussion that may be prompted by the more alarming
notice is worthwhile, and we can change the notice to match whatever is
eventually decided.

> I suggest two things:
>
> 1) Adding DEPRECATED= and EXPIRATION_DATE= to the port Makefile (the date should be
> at FreeBSD 14 EOL, IMHO).

This seems reasonable to me, but we should also stop packaging it for 15.x now.

> 2) Adding a section in the Handbook on "Migrating from portupgrade to portmaster"

A good idea; someone who is familiar with both tools will need to write it.

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