Re: FreeBSD ports community is broken

On Sun, 18 Feb 2024 12:31:32 +0100
Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote:

> > Wonderful: Are we now moving to the binary pkg only for mere mortals
> > then.  
> 
> Unfortunatly, yes.


Loss of this functionality = loss of one of the main competitive advantages
over many Linux distributions.
It will be easier to go to Ubuntu than to use FreeBSD.

 
> > So when is it going to be possible for a mere mortal like the
> > machine above to use portmaster or recursive make install since
> > Poudrie is a machine killer  
> 
> Both options are probably no longer possible given the requirements
> in the convoluted world of software.
> 
> See for example this article:
> 
> https://spectrum.ieee.org/lean-software-development
> 

If you do not look at Python and Ruby projects, then everything is not
so bad with dependencies and assembly.

But this and all sorts of docker are a consequence of the fact that there
are many construction cubes - libraries from which you can assemble anything.

This is an offtopic :)