9.0_current package repository

bsduck

Hello,

The 9.0_current repository at http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64 hasn't got any update for months... is it abandoned?

Are there alternatives to get pkgsrc current packages for NetBSD 9.2? I couldn't find one.

bsduck The current builds for 9.x are done by mef. He reports two, three builds every week, he probably just forgot to upload them.

bsduck

That's a lot of forgotten uploads then 😅
Could you maybe tell him?

I'm surprised this repository could get so neglected, because last year it was actually the recommended one...

As a NetBSD and pkgsrc developer, please let me say: for now, please use the 9.0_current builds. They are more stable, complete, and higher quality than the "stable" official builds, and will be for the foreseeable future - e.g, a bunch of packages aren't inexplicably missing, they receive regular reliable updates, and there's a modern Firefox available.

nortonham

bsduck

What about the current builds are more stable and higher quality than the official "stable" builds?

nia

I now do the official builds 😆

oui

nortonham I guess it's because there was a period of time where the current builds received more regular updates and testing, correct me if I'm wrong @pin @nia

But that's obsolete now so use the official stable builds.

bsduck

http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64/9.0_current/ was updated today 🙂