FINK supplies very seldom a binary distribution for packages that are only
available in the unstable tree. I think that this is the wrong approach, because
people like me who do not install the Developer Tools have no chance to test new
packages. Having not enough test results new packages never ge
On 2/5/06, Martin Glaser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FINK supplies very seldom a binary distribution for packages that are only
> available in the unstable tree. I think that this is the wrong approach,
> because
> people like me who do not install the Developer Tools have no chance to test
> ne
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
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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
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
