Did you put a request in the package request tracker? On Sun, 2002-12-15 at 12:51, Roger Wong wrote: > (was: cdrecord -- anyone try with a Powerbook or external USB/Firewire?) > > > But the man pages and the documentation are not enough > > to make this an easily useable application for me. It may enough for > > those who have used it other systems. This is far from the only ported > > app where I have problems with the documentation but it is one where > > the OS X differences show up dramatically. > > I completely agree with your sentiment. I find that most of the > documentation in the UNIX world has been written by programmers for > programmers. I would categorize myself as a power-user and pretty > intelligent when it comes to using the Mac and computers. However, most man > pages are incredibly dense and verbose and just don't make sense to me > because I'm not a programmer. > > However, the poor documentation isn't necessarily the fault of the > maintainer--it's the fault of the original developer who wrote the man > pages. The function of a Fink maintainer is to port the app over to OS X. > > With that said, maybe there should be more of an emphasis on porting Gnome > and KDE apps since they are more Mac-like in that they use GUIs. In the > category of CDR tools, it seems like gcdmaster is the only GUI-based app, > but it's not yet in the stable tree. > > In the CD ripper category, I'd personally like to see Grip > <http://sourceforge.net/projects/grip/> ported--it looks like an all-around > good app. > > > ---Roger > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility > Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel > http://hpc.devchannel.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213
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