Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-16 Thread Chris Pepper
At 3:39 PM +0200 2002/04/10, Max Horn wrote: First off, I'd like to keep the discussion regarding a Fink CD completly free of mentioning OpenOSX. I don't feel such a CD should be made to spite anybody, but if at all for it's own good. Anyway, here are some quick thought of mine on this: 1)

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread jan . ruzicka
?? What about another commands for fink - 'make-image path' for making ISO image(s) of the given distribution - 'update-from path' for installing stuff from CD Is that a bad idea? I'm speaking for the lazy ones. ?? On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 08:44 AM, David R. Morrison wrote: If I

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Max Horn
First off, I'd like to keep the discussion regarding a Fink CD completly free of mentioning OpenOSX. I don't feel such a CD should be made to spite anybody, but if at all for it's own good. Anyway, here are some quick thought of mine on this: 1) It will be very helpful to anybody with a not

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread John Clark
Am Mittwoch den, 10. April 2002, um 06:39, schrieb Max Horn: 3) Yeah, having a logo would be nice for a CD, and for other stuff, too, but I don't see it as a strict requirement... OK, Justin? 8-) In the 60's here in the US we had a 'Rat Fink' icon... but anyway... 4) Face it, it's not

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Chris Devers
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that it seems like implementing the function dwim(x) where x is an expression and meaning of the function is Do What I Mean by x. No need to do this in C when Fink is already written in Perl, right? Of course not -- not when we have Damien

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Justin Hallett
but you;'d be using disk space that doesn't need to be so. at least not for the bin dist since apt can get from cd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Make a package which uses the Apple installer to install a bunch of .deb files into /sw/fink/debs and a bunch of source files into /sw/src, after

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Justin Hallett
agreed :P [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 3) Yeah, having a logo would be nice for a CD, and for other stuff, too, but I don't see it as a strict requirement... OK, Justin? 8-) ¸.·´^`·.,][JFH][`·.,¸¸.·´][JFH][¸.·´^`·., Justin F. Hallett - Systems Analyst Phone:

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread David R. Morrison
You are certainly not the first to have noticed that fink's documentation is inadequate. Each time it comes up, the core fink developers seek volunteers from the fink community to work on this. Perhaps people who don't have porting skills but would like to help out. So far, nobody is beating

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Alexander Strange
There is a Help Wanted section on SourceForge. We can try that. David R. Morrison wrote: So far, nobody is beating down our doors. -- Dave ___ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Chris Devers
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, David R. Morrison wrote: You are certainly not the first to have noticed that fink's documentation is inadequate. Each time it comes up, the core fink developers seek volunteers from the fink community to work on this. Perhaps people who don't have porting skills but

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Justin Hallett
IE is fine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I take it I first need a Sourceforge account, and that IE can't be used to do this? I'll go sign up for one with Mozilla... ¸.·´^`·.,][JFH][`·.,¸¸.·´][JFH][¸.·´^`·., Justin F. Hallett - Systems Analyst Phone: (780)-408-3094

Re: [Fink-devel] Fink CD

2002-04-10 Thread Chris Devers
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Thomas Peters II wrote: I guess my point is, we really need a lot more disclaimers and finger pointing texts. Something which says We didn't make the Gimp, XWindows, esound, etc. These other people made this stuff, go there for support. This is certainly implied on the