On 11/4/05, Doug Ransom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok. How are some packages available for binary installs, some only for > source installs? > > I personallly don't like compiling things if I am not working on them, > which is why I chose fink over ports. > > Doug > > Packages become available for binaries when
1) They've been tested well enough that the maintainer feels that it can be moved to the stable source tree (with the guidance of other developers as required). 2) The package is not of a restrictive license, i.e. it is legal to distribute it as a binary. 3) A new Fink binary distribution is created. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
