freebsd-ports vs rlbox

freebsd-ports

FreeBSD ports tree (read-only mirror) (by freebsd)

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RLBox sandboxing framework (by PLSysSec)

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freebsd-ports		rlbox
	Project
39	Mentions	2
925	Stars	277
1.2%	Growth	1.4%
10.0	Activity	2.8
3 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

freebsd-ports

Posts with mentions or reviews of freebsd-ports. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-02.

An Open Letter to the FreeBSD Foundation, Core Team, Committers, and Community
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Nov 2023

Agreed.
I don't think the PR reviewer is calling the author in the example, and provided useful info, pointing out the relevant example.
Also, the author notes:
> The very first comment in the thread from a reviewer was simply only one word: “Why?” - That’s it, just one word. Why did I do this? Why work with such old hardware? Why is the sky blue? How the hell am I to know the context of what they’re referring to when asking a one-worded question?
Its clear from https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/pull/189#discussion... that the author is asking why is this line needed, something a PR author should always be able to justify.
OpenSSL 3.0 ported – security/openssl
1 project | /r/freebsd | 18 Oct 2023
Thoughts of a Linux diehard user that has migrated to FreeBSD
3 projects | /r/freebsd | 23 Apr 2023

From https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/blob/main/UPDATING:
I Need to create a FAMP stack with php74 on 13.1
1 project | /r/freebsd | 22 Mar 2023
Just saw KDE Plasma 5.27 available in ports!!
1 project | /r/freebsd | 15 Feb 2023

KDE: Update KDE Plasma Desktop to 5.26 · freebsd/freebsd-ports@d06d26f | https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=d06d26f8c45e468021b1ec1def42fb1ce600a3dc
I want to move from linux to bsd
5 projects | /r/freebsd | 4 Feb 2023

Say you really want to pin to Apache 2.5.54. Create a new empty repo, add a www/apache24 dir, and copy the files from that version of the ports tree into it.
Git archive checksums may change
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Jan 2023

They have not been stable
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/commit/a43ec88422ee...
chromium disappeared from packages?
2 projects | /r/freebsd | 11 Jan 2023

As for announcements: how would this information be delivered to you? :) Major breakages that impact users are expected to tracked in Ports (not pkgs) through review of /usr/ports/CHANGES and /usr/ports/UPDATING. If a port gets renamed (moved), you'll find it mentioned there, or possibly in /usr/ports/MOVED (not human-readable). You can view those on the GitHub mirror if you wish, since not everyone builds from Ports: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports
How quickly is the port tree updated from freshports?
1 project | /r/freebsd | 6 Jan 2023
A Question: Gnome port for freebsd
1 project | /r/freebsd | 20 Dec 2022

at https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports/tree/main/chinese/chinese-calendar (for the port to FreeBSD) the files and Makefile are not too complex.

rlbox

Posts with mentions or reviews of rlbox. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-10.

Sandboxing DLL Code
2 projects | /r/rust | 10 Sep 2022

Firefox uses that to isolate third party libraries right now, like i.e. font rendering. It uses a framework called RLBox: https://github.com/PLSysSec/rlbox.
WebAssembly and Back Again: Fine-Grained Sandboxing in Firefox 95
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2021

https://github.com/PLSysSec/rlbox_sandboxing_api/blob/master...
Seems like it could get a bit verbose when used all over the place but I’m not really used to the C++ world. Regardless I’m happy to see the effort being made beyond process isolation and OS capabilities.