"Michael J. Barber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday, February 21, 2002, at 02:04  PM, David R. Morrison wrote:
> 
> > By the way, one of the ways that the fink user community can help is to
> > look for packages in unstable (either updates of existing packages, or
> > new packages), copy them to your "local" tree like you did, install 
> > them,
> > and report your successes and failures directly to the fink maintainer
> > (whose email address is always listed in the .info file).
> >
> When making such reports, what information is relevant? Should we report 
> hardware type, OS version, etc? Is there a difference based on 
> successful or unsuccessful installs?
> 

Normally, the main information we need is the version number of the fink
package you tested, which is visible as part of the name of the .info file,
or can be obtained using "fink list".  If the maintainer needs additional
information, he or she will ask for it.

  -- Dave

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