Michael Reim
Michael Reim is an Open Source enthusiast, Unix lover and occasional blogger. A sysadmin by profession he is also responsible for technical documentation and data protection at a German hosting provider. Having been a Linux user since the mid 1990's, Michael became a BSD user in the early 2010's. After migrating all of his machines over he only regrets not having explored *BSD earlier. Michael likes to tread paths aside of mainstream. He's an outspoken enemy of monocultures and tries to make good use of all BSD systems.
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Ravenports (http://www.ravenports.com & https://github.com/ravenports), a package building framework, is the latest addition to the family of ports systems. Its portability allows it to be used on multiple BSDs (and beyond). Modern design and tooling make it a reliable and low-maintenance option especially for heterogeneous environments. This talk covers what RP is, why it was created and what makes it stand out. It also includes a quick comparison to Pkgsrc and presents some statistical data on the project. Support for DragonFly BSD and MidnightBSD afford the opportunity to touch on two platforms not widely covered otherwise.