Re: Bob v0.1.0 ready for beta testing

[Matthias Petermann <matthias%d2ux.net@localhost>]

Hi Jonathan,

On 12/22/25 11:44, Jonathan Perkin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> As some of you know I've been working on a new build tool that is 
> designed to provide an alternative to pkg_chk/pkgrr/pbulk for most 
> situations.

this is great news - thanks a lot for sharing this.

Looks like the days are finally over where NetBSD users had to look 
enviously at poudriere (FreeBSD) or dsynth (DragonFly) when it comes to 
a fast, well-designed, and easy-to-configure package builder. bob 
definitely feels like it has real game-changer potential. And a great 
name - Bob the Builder ;-)

I also just tried it out on a freshly installed NetBSD 10.1 system, and 
honestly: it took less than 10 minutes to get everything up and running. 
Installed git and rust via pkgin, then the rest was simply cargo install 
and a git clone — no friction, no surprises.

Fantastic experience overall. This is exactly the kind of tooling that 
makes NetBSD feel modern and productive while still staying true to its 
principles.

Really impressive work - looking forward to using this more and 
providing further feedback.

Kind regards
Matthias


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