On Wednesday 20 April 2005 04:46 am, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: Thanks for the reply, My question then is, can planner be installed into /sw instead of /usr? I understand Martin's motivation and I am clear that the fink project couldn't possibly endorse non-fink methods and believe me I took his admonition very seriously before he even wrote it! I feel that every time that I execute some potential fix that I get from the list that I am taking a risk at some level. One local Mac shop told me to "never, ever use open source or beta stuff on your box. You are only asking for trouble!" I, of course, have chosen to risk some problems to enjoy and be part of what the fink project is working on. I really feel that it is a potential model for many things. I never even consider that the fink project is in anyway responsible for my dabbling and that even when fully vetted packages screw up (like when kaddressbook lost all my addresses) I know that it is part of the practice. Perhaps my mistake was in thinking that Patrick's efforts were moving planner into the fink world somewhat and that even Alexander's experiment was with that in mind also. I just need to decide if I want to try Patrick's approach or wait for some indeterminate period for planner to get ported via fink. My choice, my responsibility. Again, many thanks to all and Martin has helped me out some fixes in the past and I greatly appreciate the time given. Brian
> On Apr 19, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Brian O'Keefe wrote: > > P.S. I want to be clear that I am a professional project manager and > > have a > > serious need for planning tools. As I previously stated, I currently > > use MS > > Project and if I didn't care about the MS monopoly and the whole > > philosophy > > of open sourcce I would just keep on using it. I am, however, > > compelled to > > pursue the enjoyment of building, to a very small degree, my own > > software and > > try to move the concept forward in anyway that I can. The feeling I > > get from > > using software successfully installed via fink is much better than > > that from > > writing a check for $350. I feel as if I know many members on the > > list and I > > can only say that if this sort of project is possible through little > > more > > than intentions then perhaps there is hope for the world. I'd like to > > think > > so. > > Thanks again, > > Brian > > This kind of points out a general motivation for Martin's comment: > it's easy to render your OS nonfunctional by inadvertent deletion (the > case in point is less severe, but the principle is the same). > Therefore the Fink project doesn't officially endorse anything that > involves mucking around under /usr (except if you switch X11s, but > that's not our fault!), in large part because we know that many of our > users use Fink-installed packages for their jobs--losing half a day to > reinstall your OS is nonproductive at best (as I well know!). > > It also makes it harder for us to diagnose problems when they're due to > user-induced changes in the core system area. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime info, new features, or free trial, at: http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
