Dan - My previous message referred to installing the binary for zenity. So I'm encouraged to hear that the sizes of the dependencies would be available for display *-before-* the user is asked for confirmation. I'd consider that a high priority, but more generally: On the Mac where "GUI R us", a polished front-end could serve as a showcase, presenting free / open source software as accessible and attractive to OS X users. If that's a significant element of Fink's mission, it seems incongruous and sad to have to recommend commercial, shareware, or even freeware apps in place of Fink Commander. What would be the best venue to discuss details of restarting / replacing Fink Commander? I'd start with questions like, "How is it currently implemented -- an Objective C program, or a script?" and "What documentation is available, if any?" and "Is the original author willing & able to answer questions?". Looking forward to pursuing this in the appropriate forum. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: "Daniel E. Macks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> * Installing zenity as my first (binary) package, the package sizes seemed >> to be missing for the dependencies. So currently I'm waiting for an >> unexpected 11 MB download over a slow dial-up line, with no idea whether the >> next dependency will be another big one.
Unfortunately, there's been no development on it in many, many, many months. Sad, and hopefully someone will step up and restart work there or write a replacement. ... For your specific example, if one just wants to install from prebuilt binaries, the "apt*" commands know about all download sizes including dependencies.... We'd love help solving whatever problems you find (or even just knowing what problems or missing features you notice)! ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
