Note: this is a response to an email from Enrico Riboni.
I was suggesting something more than having Fink become a
GNU/Linux distribution -- I was suggesting that it should be a
migration tool to go from OS X to a free software system. This is
an order of magnitude more interesting, important,
Joe Corneli wrote:
1. I think it would be great if Fink *would* offer a ppc GNU/Linux
(or GNU/Darwin) distro, combined with tools that would
de-install OS X. Fink should facilitate the transition to a
wholly free software system.
1a. Fink should run under GNU/Linux (or GNU/Darwin).
Hi Joe,
Regarding 1. if you are looking for such a distro, check out:
- Yellow Dog
- Debian
- Gentoo
- Mandrake
...
Fink would no longer be useful to me if it was such a project. For
interests sake, what do you see as Fink's edge over these other
distributions?
2. Can you provide more
On 19-Feb-04, at 4:36, Joe Corneli wrote:
Maybe I'm being lazy in that I'd like to use a migration tool -- but
of course it isn't just that. I think Fink is a really fine package
manager.
Yes, Fink is a package manager *sic*, it is not a migration tool.
I prefer it to Debian (at least when
I've already migrated to a distribution, it's called Fink on Mac
OS X.
This is not the full world of open source.
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I prefer it to Debian (at least when comparing the defaults).
Please elaborate, this is a new one to me.
Fink builds everything from source! This is like Gentoo but not
like the default of Debian. If it is as easy on Debian as it is on
Fink to change compile time options, then I would
Fink would no longer be useful to me if it was such a project.
I don't see why not. I'm perfectly sure you could choose not to see
anything related to GNU/Linux or GNU/Darwin, just like you can
choose to see the unstable branch, or not.
what do you see as Fink's edge over these other
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Re: [Fink-users] Fink Community, your opinion is needed your
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James Gibbs wrote:
On Feb 17, 2004, at 8:31 AM, Darian Lanx wrote:
Dear Community.
Is a membership something the Fink community would consider accepting?
Absolutely not. I think this is a ridiculous idea. The beauty of fink is
that it is
On Feb 18, 2004, at 6:09 AM, Darian Lanx wrote:
James Gibbs wrote:
On Feb 17, 2004, at 8:31 AM, Darian Lanx wrote:
Dear Community.
Is a membership something the Fink community would consider
accepting?
Absolutely not. I think this is a ridiculous idea. The beauty of fink
is that it is free.
1. I think it would be great if Fink *would* offer a ppc GNU/Linux
(or GNU/Darwin) distro, combined with tools that would
de-install OS X. Fink should facilitate the transition to a
wholly free software system.
1a. Fink should run under GNU/Linux (or GNU/Darwin).
2. Fink should
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Dear Community.
Some of us, including me and Chris (main Chris) have been working very
hard to get Fink under the legal umbrella of a non profit organization.
The ultimate goal is to have an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation in
the United
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David R. Morrison wrote:
Here's what makes me very uncomfortable about memberships right now.
In my view, one of the key components of Fink is broken. We've lost the
ability to create and keep up-to-date a stable tree of packages which
have
We have plenty of hardware for making bindists. That is not the problem.
The problem is ensuring the quality of the bindist. That's why we haven't
had a bindist for 10.3 yet, since the quality of the 10.3/stable tree is
in quite a bit of doubt.
To address this takes the time of volunteers.
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David R. Morrison wrote:
We have plenty of hardware for making bindists. That is not the problem.
Ok, thatis new for me. I will take that into account then.
The problem is ensuring the quality of the bindist. That's why we haven't
had a
Darian Lanx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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However, if you really
need more help with this, then why don't you talk to me? There is always
a way to put some massive marketing into this, asking for help while
pulling all the strings of teh sources I have acquired lately
The request was
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Darian Lanx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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However, if you really
need more help with this, then why don't you talk to me? There is always
a way to put some massive marketing into this, asking for help while
pulling
I don't agree. I will never be able to convince my CFO to become a Fink
member, not even if we were contributing. Fink is fantastic, no doubt,
but not important enough to go through the motions of bureaucracy --
and whatever the price, paying means bureacracy. Furthermore, Fink is
fantastic
On Feb 17, 2004, at 8:31 AM, Darian Lanx wrote:
Dear Community.
Is a membership something the Fink community would consider accepting?
Absolutely not. I think this is a ridiculous idea. The beauty of fink
is that it is free. Charging money would turn fink into just another
software company.
On 18/02/2004, at 7:20 AM, Jan Dockx wrote:
I suggest hooking up with a big brother. Let's contact Debian and ask
to use their infrastructure. Debian is our big brother, right? Let's
ask them permission to change the name to Debian/Fink.
Ooh. That's going to be *fun*. Debian's policies, for
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