> On Aug 26, 2015, at 11:12, David Lowe <doctorjl...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On 2015 Aug 26, at 5:09 AM, Jacques Bloch <jacques.bl...@ur.de> wrote: > >> So why putting so much emphasis on apt-get in the docu, while fink is the >> one that always works? > > Please, it's a few lines. There's no need to claim that it is being > emphasized. It's a useful alternative for people that don't have a working > compiler. > > Also, if you "Reply All" instead of sending personal messages the rest > of the list can perhaps explain things better than i. > > sent from Mountain Lion > > Zoë: [after breaking into a practically empty bank safe] > Zoë: At last, we can retire and give up this life of crime. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-users mailing list > Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
It’s because we are unpaid volunteers, and updating the hand-built website to remove accurate but outdated information is time-consuming. I haven’t looked at the page you’re referencing in a while, and it needs to be updated, but the Quick Start section was really designed to be to help people use a binary installer, and we haven’t done one of those since *10.5*. Note that item 1 on the page says for people on 10.6 and later _not_ to follow those instructions. For the first few years of Fink, the “fink” tool ONLY dealt with source installs, and it was necessary to use the “apt-get” tool to interface with the binary distribution. We later added the ability for “fink” to run “apt-get” to work with the binary distribution. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.macosx.fink.user Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
