[Fink-devel] aqua native software: a test case?

2005-08-14 Thread William Scott
Dear Ben et al: A few months ago I asked a similar question to yours, but mine was in the context of python. Apple OS X version 10.4.x has python 2.3. The latest one in fink (unstable) is the current stable python release, 2.4, which is what I use in fink. OS X 10.4 now ships with tcltk

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Martin Costabel
Ben Willmore wrote: [] /usr/bin/install -m 755 build/contacts %i/bin || /usr/bin/install - m 755 build/Deployment/contacts %i/bin That's exactly what I was thinking of. I think a better solution would be for Fink detect the version of XCode that is being used, and explicitly make that inf

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Martin Costabel
Ben Willmore wrote: [] And what is /Applications/Fink? So far, I've only seen /sw/ Applications in use... The idea is that the user should never need to open /sw/Applications in the Finder. Therefore for those app bundles that are meant to be used as apps, there are symlinks in /Applications/

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Ben Willmore
Martin, Max, Thanks for your replies. I do think there is value in providing 'aqua' software in some cases -- for example, emacs builds a carbon-enabled version direct from CVS, but it's hard to find a .dmg of this on the web that isn't either ancient or 'enhanced' (where enhanced means al

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Ben Willmore
Hi Dave, On Aug 14, 2005, at 8:01 AM, David R. Morrison wrote: I'm not sure which differences you have in mind, but one solution to XCode changes which has been used in a few update files is to put alternate versions of XCode commands or install locations. For example, in the InstallScript

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Max Horn
Am 14.08.2005 um 15:43 schrieb David R. Morrison: [...] Actually, Max, while you were away we had agreed that packaging aqua .apps was OK. Sure. That doesn't change what I said in my last mail, though -- only what I then (incorrectly, apparatnely) said in my first mail. I still strongly

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread David R. Morrison
On Aug 14, 2005, at 1:45 AM, Ben Willmore wrote:2. Building aqua software reliably requires the ability to detect the version of XCode that's being used.  Is there any way to do this in a .info file?I'm not sure which differences you have in mind, but one solution to XCode changes which has been us

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread David R. Morrison
On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:48 AM, Max Horn wrote: Am 14.08.2005 um 10:17 schrieb Martin Costabel: Max Horn wrote: Am 14.08.2005 um 07:45 schrieb Ben Willmore: [Sorry if these are FAQs. Gmane archive search seems to be broken] 1. Some of my favourite unix programs ((x)emacs, unison) no

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Max Horn
Am 14.08.2005 um 10:17 schrieb Martin Costabel: Max Horn wrote: Am 14.08.2005 um 07:45 schrieb Ben Willmore: [Sorry if these are FAQs. Gmane archive search seems to be broken] 1. Some of my favourite unix programs ((x)emacs, unison) now have good aqua-native versions. I notice these ar

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Martin Costabel
Max Horn wrote: Am 14.08.2005 um 07:45 schrieb Ben Willmore: [Sorry if these are FAQs. Gmane archive search seems to be broken] 1. Some of my favourite unix programs ((x)emacs, unison) now have good aqua-native versions. I notice these are not available through Fink. Are aqua ports again

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Max Horn
Am 14.08.2005 um 07:45 schrieb Ben Willmore: [Sorry if these are FAQs. Gmane archive search seems to be broken] 1. Some of my favourite unix programs ((x)emacs, unison) now have good aqua-native versions. I notice these are not available through Fink. Are aqua ports against Fink policy, o

Re: [Fink-devel] aqua native software

2005-08-14 Thread Martin Costabel
Ben Willmore wrote: [Sorry if these are FAQs. Gmane archive search seems to be broken] 1. Some of my favourite unix programs ((x)emacs, unison) now have good aqua-native versions. I notice these are not available through Fink. Are aqua ports against Fink policy, or has no-one got around to