On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 11:26:36PM +0100, Max Horn wrote: > 1) The python-unstable and python-nox-unstable were in Fink for a > brief period of time, while Python 2.2 was in under development. > Since it fixed some serious OS X related bugs, it was deemed > necessary by the package maintainer to have these packages providing > development version of python for those in dire need. Since the > release of Python 2.2, they became obsolete and hence have been > removed. That they still appear in your list of Packages, Nicholas, > could be because you didn't yet update with "fink selfupdate-cvs" > (though you seem to use Fink 0.9.9, which sort of contradictst this). > If they still appear after that, it's likely that you copied them > previously into your "local" tree. You can remove them from there > again.
Thanks, that helps. I did do a 'fink selfupdate-cvs; fink update-all' which was what prompted the above message. I had done the same update about 3-4 days ago and didn't see the python message. I haven't ever manually copied any info files around, just used regular Fink and later CVS Fink. % locate python-unstable /usr/local/fink/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-unstable-2.2a3-2.info /usr/local/fink/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-unstable-2.2a3-2.patch /usr/local/fink/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-unstable-2.2b1-1.info /usr/local/fink/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/languages/python-unstable-2.2b1-1.patch Should I delete these files (and their python-nox equivalents)? > 2) As to the packages reporting almost the same information: yes, > this is true, but then again, before Fink 0.9.9 we didn't give any > information besides the package names at all. We still have to clean > up package descriptions to be more useful when you have to > distinguish them in a choice selection. This is a volunteer project, > so we can't do everything at once, so please bear with us. I hadn't ever seen the alternatives selection before. I understand, no rush, no pressure, don't worry about it, I know how far behind I am with maintaining my own free projects :) -- =Nicholas Riley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | <http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/njriley> Pablo Research Group, Department of Computer Science and Medical Scholars Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
