Re: [Fink-users] Request for binary distribution of unstable packages

2006-02-09 Thread Martin Glaser
Hello Lorenz, for me the advantages of fink are: - easy installation and update of packages - easy deinstallation of packages - proper handling of dependencies - availability of many (command line) Unix tools (I love to use them) The reasons for using Fink above apply also for Gimp. My point was

Re: [Fink-users] Request for binary distribution of unstable packages

2006-02-09 Thread Chris Zubrzycki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 9, 2006, at 9:28 AM, Martin Glaser wrote: My point was not to bring Gimp2 into Fink, Gimp2 is already part of Fink, but as it is unstable it is available only for Developers. I installed Gimp2 from the official web site about a year ago and

Re: [Fink-users] Problem with apt-get update

2006-02-09 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
On 2/3/06, Martin Glaser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try installing a package with apt-get (or the > > FinkCommander Binary options, or what have you) > > and see if you get the same complaints. > > I get the same complaints, it even doesn't try to > install... > > See the log here: > > [localho

Re: [Fink-users] Request for binary distribution of unstable packages

2006-02-09 Thread Viv Kendon
On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Martin Glaser wrote: When I installed 10.3 I decided not to install Developer tools anymore, because it just takes up a lot of space on the hard disc and I am not doing any active Development nowadays (no time, my life is Fink doesn't need the whole Developer Tools, it does

[Fink-users] Re: Request for binary distribution of unstable packages

2006-02-09 Thread William Scott
I wonder if it might be worthwhile to have some sort of informal web ring of people who serve their fink along these lines: http:// fink.sourceforge.net/doc/advanced/bindist.php?phpLang=en I make mine available to my user community, but as long as the user accepts it (and the associated r

Re: [Fink-users] Re: Request for binary distribution of unstable packages

2006-02-09 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
On 2/9/06, William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if it might be worthwhile to have some sort of informal > web ring of people who serve their fink along these lines: http:// > fink.sourceforge.net/doc/advanced/bindist.php?phpLang=en > > I make mine available to my user community,

Re: [Fink-users] Re: Request for binary distribution of unstable packages

2006-02-09 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
On 2/9/06, Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/9/06, William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder if it might be worthwhile to have some sort of informal > > web ring of people who serve their fink along these lines: http:// > > fink.sourceforge.net/doc/advanced/bindis