Clytie Siddall wrote: [] > I really don't understand why installing fink, any source package or > anything that's not a Mac application bundle is considered a developer > task. This is userland. :S
The user/developer distinction depends on the cultural context. Many tasks performed by a typical Linux user would be considered developer activity by Apple. The typical Mac User™ already gets goosebumps when asked to find Terminal.app and to click on its icon to open a Terminal window ;-) They'd rather download tons of gigabytes, read long installation instructions as long as the installation can be done by mouse clicks, and pay substantial shareware fees before compiling anything themselves. And "installing from source" involves compilation, even when it is done in Fink's automatic way. In Linux package manager terms, anything that contains headers and other files that are only needed at compile-time is in the "developer" category, it comes in packages named "*-dev" or "*-devel", and Apple puts it into SDKs. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
