[Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Kevin Horton
At 2:34 + 19/8/04, you wrote: Okay, two layout options now. Both now have more familiar (to users) terms in the headings and clearer structure. The first is just improvements to the visual layout and headings: http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/passwd.html Looks a bit too busy perhaps. The secon

Re: [Fink-devel] node for db42-ssl-shlibs already exists

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Rohan Lloyd wrote: When I try to do an update-all, I get the error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> fink update-all /usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/fink update-all Information about 3872 packages read in 3 seconds. Failed: Internal error: node for db42-ssl-shlibs already exists Yeah, everybody is getting this. You can e

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Nigel Stanger wrote: On 19/8/2004 4:51 PM, Michèle Garoche at [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: Also, in the 2nd example, all the point distros (0.7.0, 0.6.3, 0.4.1) show 'not present' for unstable in the passwd example used. If I understand correctly, the binary distributions never have an unstable

[Fink-devel] atlas build noncompliance

2004-08-19 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
I don't recall having seen this specific issue discussed before here: As part of its build process the atlas package autodetects the number of CPUs, and applies a build flag appropriately. Unfortunately, the result is that the .deb files aren't identical on different machines: Single processor

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Michèle Garoche
Le 19 août 2004, à 17:42, Martin Costabel a écrit : The first option uses the screen real estate better. The column headers that are somewhat too heavy could be made lighter by replacing the two-liners "stableversion" and "unstableversion" by just "stable" and "unstable". It is clear at this

Re: [Fink-devel] atlas build noncompliance

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Alexander K. Hansen wrote: I don't recall having seen this specific issue discussed before here: It was mentioned a couple of times, as an example why the "identical .deb" policy, if taken too literally, can lead to absurd results (like most policies). As part of its build process the atlas pack

Re: [Fink-devel] atlas build noncompliance

2004-08-19 Thread Todd Heidesch
I haven't been able to get atlas to compile on a dual G5 yet anyway, so a change is probably good here. -Todd On Aug 19, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: I don't recall having seen this specific issue discussed before here: As part of its build process the atlas package autodetects t

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Michèle Garoche
Le 19 août 2004, à 17:42, Martin Costabel a écrit : The first option uses the screen real estate better. The column headers that are somewhat too heavy could be made lighter by replacing the two-liners "stableversion" and "unstableversion" by just "stable" and "unstable". It is clear at this

Re: [Fink-devel] atlas build noncompliance

2004-08-19 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
And all this may be moot anyway, since the maintainer reported to me that he planned to discontinue atlas. Quoting: --- Alexander: I'm trying to phase out ATLAS, since Apple's VecLib provides most (if not all) of the functionality and speed. Scilab is one of the few (maybe the only?) package t

Re: [Fink-devel] atlas build noncompliance

2004-08-19 Thread Alexander K. Hansen
On Aug 19, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: Alexander K. Hansen wrote: I don't recall having seen this specific issue discussed before here: It was mentioned a couple of times, as an example why the "identical .deb" policy, if taken too literally, can lead to absurd results (like most pol

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread David H.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Michèle Garoche wrote: | Then I'm not sure colors may be suitable for color-blind people, though | I'm in this category and have no problem with them, but there are many | different way of being color-blind. | maybe it is a good idea to follow thi

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Freek Dijkstra
On 19-8-2004 19:29, "Michèle Garoche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then I'm not sure colors may be suitable for color-blind people, though > I'm in this category and have no problem with them, but there are many > different way of being color-blind. If you want to know: find out! I always love t

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Michèle Garoche wrote: Apart the maintainer problem, the layout makes a presupposition that all the other fields are identical for all versions, which is not always the case: - Description may vary - Section may vary - License may vary Taking care of this would not be a problem of visual layout

[Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Blair Zajac
It appears that the rsync mirror is not being updated from the CVS server. I haven't seen any of the today's CVS commits in rsync. Regards, Blair --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x f

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Blair Zajac wrote: It appears that the rsync mirror is not being updated from the CVS server. I haven't seen any of the today's CVS commits in rsync. Strange, I see lots of updates in rsync, even in 10.3/stable. -- Martin --- SF.Net email is sp

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Blair Zajac
Martin Costabel wrote: Blair Zajac wrote: It appears that the rsync mirror is not being updated from the CVS server. I haven't seen any of the today's CVS commits in rsync. Strange, I see lots of updates in rsync, even in 10.3/stable. Maybe it has something to do with this shorter rsync command

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Blair Zajac wrote: Martin Costabel wrote: Blair Zajac wrote: It appears that the rsync mirror is not being updated from the CVS server. I haven't seen any of the today's CVS commits in rsync. Strange, I see lots of updates in rsync, even in 10.3/stable. Maybe it has something to do with this sho

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Martin Costabel wrote: [] Yes, I think it is a bug in the new fink. In SelfUpdate.pm, the line next unless ($tree =~ /stable/); was changed to next unless ($tree eq "stable" or $tree eq "unstable"); But $tree is typically something like "stable/crypto", so this never matches. This was ad

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Remi Mommsen
Hi Martin, On Aug 19, 2004, at 4:17 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: Martin Costabel wrote: [] Yes, I think it is a bug in the new fink. In SelfUpdate.pm, the line next unless ($tree =~ /stable/); was changed to next unless ($tree eq "stable" or $tree eq "unstable"); But $tree is typically some

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Martin Costabel
Remi Mommsen wrote: [] I guess most users will still have the deb file from the previous fink version on their computers. Why not recommend immediately to downgrade to the previous version using dpkg? Just my 2 cents. Right, I knew there was "something else", just couldn't think of it (it's 1:4

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Daniel Macks
On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 12:55:02AM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: > > Yes, I think it is a bug in the new fink. > > In SelfUpdate.pm, the line > > next unless ($tree =~ /stable/); > > was changed to > > next unless ($tree eq "stable" or $tree eq "unstable"); > > But $tree is typicall

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread Blair Zajac
Daniel Macks wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 12:55:02AM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: Yes, I think it is a bug in the new fink. In SelfUpdate.pm, the line next unless ($tree =~ /stable/); was changed to next unless ($tree eq "stable" or $tree eq "unstable"); But $tree is typically somethi

Re: [Fink-devel] Re: Package database webpage layout

2004-08-19 Thread Michèle Garoche
Le 19 août 2004, à 21:12, Martin Costabel a écrit : Michèle Garoche wrote: Apart the maintainer problem, the layout makes a presupposition that all the other fields are identical for all versions, which is not always the case: - Description may vary - Section may vary - License may vary Taking

Re: [Fink-devel] Rsync not being updated

2004-08-19 Thread David R. Morrison
On Aug 19, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Blair Zajac wrote: Daniel Macks wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 12:55:02AM +0200, Martin Costabel wrote: Yes, I think it is a bug in the new fink. In SelfUpdate.pm, the line next unless ($tree =~ /stable/); was changed to next unless ($tree eq "stable" or $tree e