Update of /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/news
In directory vz-cvs-3.sog:/tmp/cvs-serv27701
Modified Files:
news.en.xml
Log Message:
many improvements thanks to akh and snaggle
Index: news.en.xml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/xml/news/news.en.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.133
retrieving revision 1.134
diff -u -d -r1.133 -r1.134
--- news.en.xml 16 Jul 2011 22:06:33 -0000 1.133
+++ news.en.xml 16 Jul 2011 22:16:33 -0000 1.134
@@ -4,27 +4,32 @@
<cvsid>$Id$</cvsid>
<newsitem>
<date>2011-07-16</date>
- <headline>fink and Lion.</headline>
+ <headline>Fink and Lion.</headline>
<body>
<p>Apple has announced that OS X 10.7 "Lion" will be released
-in July. We want to let fink users know what to expect when Lion is
+in July. We want to let Fink users know what to expect when Lion is
released.</p>
<p>First, the <code>fink</code>
-program itself will not run after on a system which has
+program itself will not run on a system which has
been upgraded to Lion. However, it will be possible to use the
-<code>dpkg</code> program to extract a list of the fink packages
-which had been installed under 10.6, so that they could be reinstalled
+<code>dpkg</code> program to extract a list of the Fink packages
+which had been installed under 10.6, so that they can be reinstalled
under 10.7. Detailed instructions on how to do this will be posted
later.</p>
<p>(To upgrade fink after upgrading to Lion, one will have to bootstrap
fink again, using a new version of fink which will be released shortly
after Lion has been released. Watch this space for an announcement.)</p>
<p>Second, due to lots of changes under the hood, there will initially
-be many fewer fink packages which work under 10.7 as apposed to 10.6.
+be many fewer Fink packages which work under 10.7 as opposed to 10.6.
Thus, even if you've extracted a list of fink packages which had
been installed under 10.6, some of them may not be installable under
-10.7. We do not currently have a database showing which packages
-can be successfully installed under 10.7.</p>
+10.7. We are currently creating a database showing which packages
+can be successfully installed under 10.7, but that database
+may not be complete prior to the release of Lion.</p>
+<p>10.7
++introduces several drastic changes to how the system works. While this may
++cause a slight delay in full Fink functionality in the short term, it will
++make Fink work better in the future.</p>
</body>
</newsitem>
<newsitem>
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