On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Nicholas Riley wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 01:11:50PM -0800, Ben Hines wrote:
> > At 2:50 PM -0600 3/24/02, Nicholas Riley wrote:
> > >
> > >(1) python: Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented language.
> > >(2) python-nox: Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented language.
> > >(3) python-nox-unstable: Python is an interpreted, interactive,
> > >object-oriented pr...
> > >(4) python-unstable: Python is an interpreted, interactive,
> > >object-oriented pr...
> > >
> > >Pick one: [1]
> >
> > ... so wheres the problem?
>
> The description of each package is (almost) exactly the same. This does
> not provide any useful information to a user looking to make an informed
> decision.
Yes, this is over-terse, and it's an issue that's being worked on. For
what it's worth, you're seeing a couple of conventional shorthands here:
"-nox" means a version of a package that lacks X-Windows support (so in
this case, presumably a Python with no GUI libraries available) and the
"-unstable" versions would be from more recent, experimental branches).
If it makes you feel any better, sometimes the choices presented are much
more ambiguous than this one... :/
> Maybe I should just report this as a bug, since the appropriate
> information is in the second line of the description field. Although I
> was not able to find the difference between the regular and -unstable
> versions on the Fink Web site (what versions of Python are included)?
Not a direct answere, but you can get more details from running a:
% find /sw/fink/dists | grep 'languages/python.*info'
It looks like the unstable builds are a version or two newer:
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.2-1.info
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.2-6.info
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.1.1-3.info
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.1.2-1.info
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.2-6.info
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.2-7.info
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-2.2-9.info
But again, I think this matter is being examined over on the developer's
lists.
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Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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