[CFT] packaging the base system with pkg(8)

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 04/18/16 12:14, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:01:46PM -0700, Sean Fagan wrote:
>> On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Lev Serebryakov <lev at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>> I understand, that maybe it is too late, but ARE YOU KIDDING?! 755
>>> packages?! WHY?! What are reasons and goals to split base in such
>>> enormous number of packages?
>> Just a guess, having done the same thing myself:  it means that updates can be
>> more targeted.
>>
> This is exactly the reason, which has been answered numerous times.
>
> Glen
>

That's a good reason -- and a very nice outcome of having base system 
packages -- but I worry that it may be going too far. The most granular 
updates would be if every file were its own package, which is obviously 
crazy, and so there is some middle ground. Needing to grab a whole new 
base.txz is probably too much (60 MB), but splitting that into even 6 or 
7 pieces moves the updates to replacements with typical size (a few MB) 
that are no larger than typical package updates for ports.
-Nathan