> If programs
> in the base system, today, are only in pkgsrc, tomorrow, then I may lose
> the guaranteed ability to quickly and easily cross-build a useful NetBSD
> network appliance.  Does that help explain why I prefer a comprehensive
> base system?
pkgsrc gives you even more guaranties including guarantee that all these 
tools are compiled sucessfully on different OSes, not only NetBSD.

> No, I prefer
> to build software for the Soekris using my 2.4 GHz P4, or an even faster
> computer.  Likewise, I would never build X11 on my 300 MHz UltraSparc 5,
> but I would run X11 on that machine.  Gnome or KDE, on the other hand,
> I would neiter compile nor run on any of my old/embedded and slow boxes.
Crosscompilation is in pkgsrc TODO AFAIK.
BTW, 'NetBSD team maintains tool on its CVS' != 'This tool should be a 
part of NetBSD base system'
At least theoretically.

P.S.
This was just a question.

P.P.S.
IMHO right direction is to move extra things from base system to pkgsrc 
after crosscompilation feature appeares.

tn3270, am-utils and even ctags - are good examples of extra things.

P.P.P.S
As far as I understand unpriviledged ./build.sh doesn't generate syspkgs 
because of lack of some functionality of pkg_* tools (permissions of 
directories or...). Right?
     

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