[Volundr]

For at least as long as I've been using it (7+), FreeBSD has always had binary and source packages. Ports are still very much existent and supported (and needed if you want anything custom).

All pkg replaces is the old way of getting/managing binary packages (pkg_add, pkg_delete, pkg_info, etc).

[penland]

You're 100% correct. Sorry about that, my fingers didn't translate what I had in my head in regards to pkgng replacing the old separate multi-component way of handling binary packages.

My understanding was that pkgng is a architectural overhaul in addition to a simple client clean-up - configuration is different for example. What I was trying to get to was that the newer design is barely two years old in production. I should have written this more clearly and did not, thanks and sorry.