[Fink-devel] Re: Perl variants -- problem and proposed solution

2005-02-14 Thread Blair Zajac
Dave Vasilevsky wrote: Hi folks, While I agree with dmacks that we can't really automate this, I still think it's important to deal with. I think that if we support a perl version, we ideally want every variant to support that version. There are a few ways this could be accomplished: 1. Usually

[Fink-devel] Re: dists/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages gcc4.info,1.2,1.3

2005-02-14 Thread Daniel E. Macks
Jeff Whitaker committed: > > Index: gcc4.info >=== > RCS file: > /cvsroot/fink/dists/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/gcc4.info,v > +++ gcc4.info 13 Feb 2005 03:20:41 - 1.3 > +ConfigureParams: --prefix=%p/lib/gcc4 [...]

Re: [Fink-devel] Perl variants -- problem and proposed solution

2005-02-14 Thread Dave Vasilevsky
Hi folks, While I agree with dmacks that we can't really automate this, I still think it's important to deal with. I think that if we support a perl version, we ideally want every variant to support that version. There are a few ways this could be accomplished: 1. Usually it's not considered es

[Fink-devel] Accessibility

2005-02-14 Thread Chris Dolan
I'm currently helping a local blind/deaf user get started with Fink. We're hoping to port the Linux BRLTTY braille translator to OSX, but this is new territory for me and this user is new to OSX, so we're learning things like the cmdline installer for DMGs, etc. Has anyone else explored this

Re: [Fink-devel] Perl variants -- problem and proposed solution

2005-02-14 Thread Chris Dolan
Good points. I withdraw the proposal. Daniel, do you recommend that non-variant Perl modules must also be tested against all Fink-supported versions of Perl? Chris On Feb 14, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Daniel Macks wrote: On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 09:34:59PM -0600, Chris Dolan wrote: --- The problem --- Wh

Re: [Fink-devel] Perl variants -- problem and proposed solution

2005-02-14 Thread David R. Morrison
Hi Chris. You've raised an important issue which I've been meaning to address. There are a couple of different philosophies about the choice of perl Types, and I think we need to discuss this and settle on a common policy. Let me break this into two questions: what Types should be used, and shoul

Re: [Fink-devel] Perl variants -- problem and proposed solution

2005-02-14 Thread Daniel Macks
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 09:34:59PM -0600, Chris Dolan wrote: > --- The problem --- > > When a perl module is declared a variant, the .info file contains a > line like this: > > Type: perl (5.8.0 5.8.1) > > The following questions arise for new modules: > > * Which versions should I include

[Fink-devel] ntop-1.1-22

2005-02-14 Thread Don Pollock
-- Package manager version: 0.21.3 Distribution version: 0.7.1 Mac OS X version: 10.3.8 December 2001 Developer Tools gcc version: 3.3 make version: 3.79 Feedback Courtesy of FinkCommander ntop compiles, installs, and runs just fine in my environment. Thanks. ---

[Fink-devel] Perl variants -- problem and proposed solution

2005-02-14 Thread Chris Dolan
--- The problem --- When a perl module is declared a variant, the .info file contains a line like this: Type: perl (5.8.0 5.8.1) The following questions arise for new modules: * Which versions should I include in the list? * When should the list change? And who should change them? I assert t