On 1/12/03 3:04 PM, Heather Madrone wrote: > I haven't had any problems with 5.8, nor any problems with CPAN > modules (once I had my environment set up), but I don't use fink. > Several people recommended it, but I looked over what they had to > offer (and listened to people on this list having nothing but trouble > with the way fink did things) and decided to stick with what I know. > > I feel a little antiquated on this forum, using perl under emacs and > installing my CPAN modules one at a time by hand, but, hey, it > works.
You're illustrating part of the problem though. The users who understand how to fix things when they go wrong are the same users that probably won't use Fink in the first place (I also do everything "by hand"). The users who don't have as much experience with Unix will likely be drawn to Fink, and then will not be able to diagnose and fix problems when they happen. Making Unix user-friendly is hard... :) -John
