This got done at the beginning of June. And, as is our standard practice, the packages are still available.
On 8/1/14, 10:59 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > Makes sense to me, as long as people can still use fink on 10.6, i.e. still > get existing packages, etc. Some computers are stuck on 10.6. > > .hc > > On Apr 28, 2014, at 11:41 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> Pros: >> >> 1) We're back to one architecture (albeit with two C++ ABI standards). >> 2) We're back to one package tree. >> 3) Fewer platforms to have to test base packages on. >> 4) No feelings of guilt for people who have been only updating for 10.7+ >> (OK, there probably aren't many of those). >> 5) Minimal effort to do it. We just ensure that the next fink release >> won't bootstrap on 10.6 and don't put a .info file there, rather than >> doing a 10.6-EOL directory (though that will also work). >> 6) "Sorry, we don't support that OS any more" has a nice ring to it. >> >> Cons: >> >> 1) People will complain. Though it's not like we said "10.6 is >> unsupported, so make sure to 'rm -rf /sw'. >> >> It'd be nice to get this done in a couple of weeks. >> -- >> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. >> Fink User Liaison >> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE >> Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get >> unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. >> Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ 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
