On Jan 29, 2004, at 8:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or perhaps the right answer is to simply say that the Fink team cannot attempt to package every possible application, and that resources will be focused on those packages that are seen as more important. Then people like me could stop submitting minor packages that may never get reviewed and simply post the .info files on a web page for people to download themselves.
I said this about a month ago, and I think this is the reality of the situation. I tell people on my web site not
to use my packages in fink unstable, but to use the newer versions of info files that I distribute that are compatible with 10.3, have bug fixes, newer versions, etc. I just assume that is what the "local" branch of fink is for. Then if there is a problem, they complain to me and I can fix it quickly.
A de facto form of triage currently exists already, but perhaps it would be better if formalized. Most of my packages are extremely useful to a small niche (biophysics types) but are utterly useless for everyone else, so I can't justifiably whine that they don't get a share of a scarce resource (fink maintainers' time).
What I suggested last time was a two-step process for submitting a new package:
Step 1: Ask the core maintainers for a quick decision on whether a proposed package in principle would be of sufficient general interest to warrant inclusion in fink.
Step 2: If yes, then submit to the current queue. If no, offer to link it to a web page of unofficial (or unsupported) packages to be installed at the user's own risk.
I think that might lift some of the burden and lessen the backlog, FWIW.
Bill Scott
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