-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/19/10 11:42 AM, Vincent Beffara wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would be interested in adopting and maintaining the IPE graphics > software for fink. Making an .info file for it is kind of on the way (a > few minor things to tweak), but I have a few questions. > > - there is an antiquated version (6.0pre) in the repository, with > package name ipe6. It depends on a few other old packages, most > notably tetex and qt3. Besides, it is maintained by None. Not sure how > many people are using it, but it should probably be marked obsolete at > some point. Am I allowed to adopt it and prepare for that ? >
Sure. You can adopt any package from None that you like. > - about the package name. I would be tempted to simply use 'ipe' with > version 7.0.10 but 'ipe7' is an option as well, which would match the > previous one. What is the policy on that, if there is one ? > The original package is named 'ipe6' because it builds shared libraries as well (ipe6-shlibs). I'd recommend making the library package ipe7-shlibs for consistency, but you're welcome to call the main package "ipe". > - the package depends on qt4. I tried to build against the version > provided by Apple, Apple provides Qt4? News to me. but it seems to be 32-bit only IIUC. So, I depend > on fink's qt4. In order to use qt4-mac, it seems necessary to make an > .app (probably in /sw/Applications copying the behavior of qgit) - is > that standard procedure ? Sure. It's not a big deal if packages want to generate .apps. > > - Related, I couldn't find an answer online: any way to convince a Qt > binary to take focus on command-line launch, besides replacing it with > a launcher for a .app bundle ? > > Thanks for your help in this ! > > Cheers, > > /vincent > - -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkujpCIACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ8OzACglnRR0Mv/RemDDgAByVwA+DCf g5EAoIJuS/rUlMVl3A0vwiYLp9F4sVy7 =eBkB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
