New packaging approach

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On Sat, 9 Dec 2017, Polytropon wrote:

> However, I am not sure how the new packaging approach will handle this. As you 
> might have read, pkg will be used for installing and upgrading OS files in the 
> future, so there will not be the big difference "freebsd-update" and "pkg 
> update" / "pkg upgrade".

Where can I read about this? If this leads to dependency issues similar to those 
encountered with desktops, my reaction is more of 'oh s--t' rather then 'oh 
boy'. Back to the days when the odd or even versions numbers were for those of 
us (read me) who do not track Stable for similar reasons.

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