Mitchell L Model wrote:
kdeaddons is not in fink, and when I tried to compile the downloaded source I got errors I couldn't get around -- even compiling just the one specific addon I wanted (the kpython plugin for kate).Are you volunteering? What you're suggesting is very hard to do--the "available packages" list (on the website) is generated from those packages which are currently in the distribution. What method would you propose to access _all_ of the various open-source packages that aren't included? If it's not automatable then it's not going to happen--this is a lot of effort.
Is anyone working on kdeaddons? Is there some known general problem that affects kdeaddons in addition to other packages?
It has occurred to me before and now seems particularly important that it would be very useful for fink to include a list of packages that are NOT included, what their status is, who is working on them (if anyone), why they haven't been included, what technical problems have blocked their inclusion, etc. That way someone who wanted a particular package could learn what others already had discovered, offer to help, take responsibility for the package, etc. Is there something like this somewhere?
Some of what you've proposed on the package submission tracker--people post trial packages for evaluation and comment. There's also a package request tracker, to request packages not in the distribution. Both of these are linked from http://fink.sourceforge.net.
The core developers frequently just commit test packages to their experimental areas on the fink main tree, so those packages are harder to track.
--AH
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