this is for max in case he missed it...I don't know why it sent twice some
maybe the list did get it.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>unless this happened...
>
>you have pine.info
>
>fink install pine would be default look for other pine-* pkgs and we add
>an option in those files for ListOption: ssl, that would be in the
>pine-ssl.info file and on demand it would list them, that was each variant
>could have a different maintainer and the base is always the default...to
>get the list maybe add
>
>fink install -menu pine
>
>or something if fink install pine is specified then pine.info is use and
>no menu is displayed. Though if you would like to see all the different
>variants then use the -menu switch?
>
>I don't think adding an option in the BASEPATH/etc/fink.conf is a good
>idea cause you might not want to default to the -ssl pkg on all pkgs. The
>menu is needed, and the ability for multiple maintainers is needed as
>well.
>
>Though I think the .info file should go to a proplist format, which has
>nothing to do with the variants. Just my two cents of course :)
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>I think in comparison of the work involved with porting and maintaining
>>a package, the question whether you have one or several info files is a
>>minor detail. Creating several info files that differ only by a few
>>lines is a trivial thing that can be done instantly with any text
>>editor. Well, with any text editor, as long as they remain simple text
>>files, anyway.
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