diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/pkgbase-install.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/pkgbase-install.adoc new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2025-07-2025-09/pkgbase-install.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +=== Support for installing pkgbase systems + +Contact: Isaac Freund + +The FreeBSD 15.0 snapshot installation images (disc1.iso, dvd1.iso) now include offline pkgbase packages rather than traditional distribution tarballs. +This makes it possible to install a pkgbase system without an internet connection. + +Patches to build FreeBSD 15.0 VM and cloud images as pkgbase systems are in review and should land soon. +Switching the VM and cloud images over to pkgbase is the last major step needed to make pkgbase the default installation path for FreeBSD 15.0. + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation