Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread Max Horn
At 22:15 Uhr +0100 18.02.2003, David wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello. I would like to add the fink packager manager itself as a project to Freshmeat. I know that we are already present with the distribution but the package manager itself might be interesting to

Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Mittwoch, Februar 19, 2003, at 09:32 Uhr, Max Horn wrote: snip? Yes. First off, the package manager never was announced widely, and there is no reason to do so with this release. I am not sure if we should announce it *anywhere*, but

Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread Finlay Dobbie
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 10:27 am, David wrote: I give a damn on being on the front page of freshmeat, to be honest. But I do. Exposure is the one key issue, which will, amongst other things, keep Fink alive and kicking. The fact, that Fink really is a two part effort (package

Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 snip What is this sudden obsession with popularity and forcing ourselves down the public's throat all the time? I really don't get it. Sure, it's nice to be noticed, but it's better to be noticed legitimately than repeatedly spam freshmeat.

Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread David R. Morrison
I agree with Max here. Users don't really need to know that we've updated the package manager, except for those users who are nice enough to help us test things, and they will see it on our web site or mailing lists. And I would be very surprised if we ever attracted a developer who wanted to

Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread Max Horn
At 11:27 Uhr +0100 19.02.2003, David wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Mittwoch, Februar 19, 2003, at 09:32 Uhr, Max Horn wrote: snip? Yes. First off, the package manager never was announced widely, and there is no reason to do so with this release. I am not sure

Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-19 Thread Benjamin Reed
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 09:26 AM, Max Horn wrote: Exposure of Fink, yes. Exposure of fink (the package manager), no. I have nothing new to add to this discussion, but my opinion on the matter mirror's Max's. I've got no problems with getting PR for Fink the project, but I think

Closing it -_ was (Re: [Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager)

2003-02-19 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 snip So it's not really a matter of not being curteous to you, and more a matter of treating you like other core memebers/project leads :-) Because you would wait for me to read up on mail worth four days? I thought having proper media

[Fink-devel] A suggestion for the fink package Manager

2003-02-18 Thread David
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hello. I would like to add the fink packager manager itself as a project to Freshmeat. I know that we are already present with the distribution but the package manager itself might be interesting to others as well. Not only because the release