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On 4/4/10 6:55 PM, Peter Wong wrote:
> dear finkland,
> 
> if i have a bug going on in a program installed by fink, where is the best 
> place to report this? directly to the package maintainer? to the non-fink 
> source of the program? here?
> 

Start here.

Then contact the maintainer if we determine that your problem is
reproducible.

If it's something which isn't specific to the details of our port (as
per what the maintainer knows) go upstream to the developer.

> also, probably related, where should i ask about/report things that are going 
> on with using programs that are installed by fink, which problems result from 
> the unique condition of running under x11 on mac os x? i get the feeling that 
> the software developers who made these programs would frown upon dealing with 
> peculiarities of using their programs apart from the environment for which 
> they were developed, but i really don't know the lay of the land.
> 

Same as above, with the possible addition although some issues may be
specific to how X11 is set up on OS X (and therefore may not be likely
to change).

> thanks for your help!
> 
> -peterwong
> .


- -- 
Alexander Hansen
Fink User Liaison
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