Hi folks: I've been maintaining the ccp4 package for at least a decade.
However, it now compiles readily on OS X, and CCP4 prefers to distribute binaries and their own update system to users. Moreover, they no longer distribute patches to the source-code between releases, meaning that there is no reasonable way to correct problems in between releases. This is true even with version 6.3.0, the latest in fink, but I persisted in maintaining it because it was the only 64-bit version available to OS X users. That, fortunately, is no longer the case, so there is no compelling reason to continue the fink package, and several compelling reasons not to (not the least of which is that it is a major PITA to maintain). What is the best way to handle this? CCP4 distributes an installer (and update system) that installs into the user's /Applications directory. Is there a way to make some sort of placeholder package, similar to the "system" packages, that would allow for checking if the user has installed the package in /Applications, and possibly make available a few extra items (like shell environment scripts)? In anticipation of this transition, I have already created a few new stand-alone packages, such as libccp4 (providing the crucial GPL libraries other packages rely upon). Thanks. All the best, Bill William G. Scott Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA 228 Sinsheimer Laboratories University of California at Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California 95064 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
