On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 03:21 PM, Puneet Kishor wrote:
Thank you, Daniel, for speaking up for the "rest of us" who use the computer for the "rest of us".Apparently Apple is working on their own package management system, informed by both the BSD ports and Fink. Can't exactly remember where I heard this, but maybe someone can substantiate and/or provide some references on Apple's web site.
Fink is good, and needed, and when it gets better (and/or endorsed by Apple), I too will use it. Same goes for Perl 5.8.0.
Seems like Apple would be crazy *not* to pursue the package management issue, it can make such a big difference in the management of a machine.
I also agree that the fact that fink isn't blessed by Apple is a serious drawback. It makes it always feel like kind of a stopgap measure until Apple gets their act together, even if it's been quite a useful stopgap.
-Ken
