On 9/2/12 4:01 PM, Bill Waggoner wrote: > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser > <f...@snaggledworks.com> wrote: >> On 9/2/2012 12:23 AM, Bill Waggoner wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:04 AM, >>> <fink-devel-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 01:03:52 -0300 >>>> From: Gustavo Benedito Reis Costa <gusbened...@gmail.com> >>>> Subject: [Fink-devel] Please, add GoldenDict and update Gimp 2.6 to >>>> 2.8.1 to Fink >>>> To: fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> >>>> Hello developers, >>>> >>>> Good evening! >>>> >>>> I'm new to Fink forum. >>>> >>>> I noticed Gimp 2.6 is outdated and GoldenDict isn't included in Fink >>>> list. >>>> I would like you add GoldenDict app and update Gimp for Fink, but I >>>> prefer >>>> you add GoldenDict, because it's one of most important applications of >>>> Linux. >>>> >>>> You can see the discussions that I had with GoldenDict developers: >>>> https://github.com/goldendict/goldendict/issues/124 >>>> >>>> Thank you for your attention, understanding, help and patience! >>>> >>>> Gustavo Reis >>> >>> >>> Gimp 2.8.2 is now native OSX. If someone would guide me through >>> putting together a Fink package I'd like to work to get that done. I >>> have many, many years of systems experience but I've not put together >>> a Fink package. Sounds like it might be a challenge ... >> >> >> Unfortunately, Fink's gimp2 is not upgradeable to the latest 2.8.2 because >> of missing dependencies. A quick check through the configure script shows >> that it needs babl-0.1.10 (Fink has 0.1.4) and gegl-0.2 (Fink has 0.1.6). >> Those are probably easily updateable. However, it also has a requirment for >> glib-2.30.2 and Fink's glib2 is stuck at 2.22 because newer glib2 is broken >> on OS X in the latest versions. There might be more missing dependencies, >> but I stopped at glib2 since it's fatal. >> >> So until glib2 is correctly buildable under OS X, gimp2 is stuck at 2.6. >> >> Hanspeter >> >> babl/gegl maintainer cc'd >> > > Would it be productive for me to take a look into glib2? > > Bill W >
My understanding of the situation with glib2 is that: 1) Upstream has made changes in the code that break some, but not all, functionality on OS X. (I don't have a good bug tracker reference, and I don't recall exactly what is currently broken in their nominally stable release, but maybe someone else can pass that along). 2) They don't care about OS X (based on responses to bug reports filed by the maintainer). With those caveats being given, sure, take a look. :-) -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
