On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 09:46, David R. Morrison wrote: > Hi Folks. > > I'd like to add to the Fink website a brief explanation that a small number > of the 0.5.0a-stable packages can not be distributed in binary form, and > that users who want them should consult the license first and then compile > them from source if they are eligible to do so. This would include a list > of the packages. > > Two questions: (1) how do they consult the license first? (2) where should > I put this so that people will find it at the appropriate moment?
As to (2), maybe it would be worth inserting a new chapter on the FAQ for "Binary installation problems", probably before "compile problems, general". (It may not be a FAQ yet, but it will be). This would be good to have, anyway, because there's another question that comes up a lot: what to do when a binary installed package is missing a runtime dependency. (I'll add it at some point). > > (It's the response to the question "I tried to do a binary install of foo > but it says it is missing bar.") > > -- Dave > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
