Comments on: Fink, new PDB http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2007/09/fink-new-pdb/ Programming for Mac and Web Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: indeyets http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2007/09/fink-new-pdb/comment-page-1/#comment-10236 indeyets Sat, 13 Oct 2007 13:03:51 +0000 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/?p=69#comment-10236 in an ideal world, packages just compile on any system out-of-the-box… in the real world, even "standard" c apis are not standard enough, and there are a lot of custom ones… :-/ there are really high hopes, that leopard will make osx more similiar to common *bsd and solaris systems in an ideal world, packages just compile on any system out-of-the-box…

in the real world, even “standard” c apis are not standard enough, and there are a lot of custom ones… :-/

there are really high hopes, that leopard will make osx more similiar to common *bsd and solaris systems

]]> By: hex http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2007/09/fink-new-pdb/comment-page-1/#comment-10235 hex Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:55:13 +0000 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/?p=69#comment-10235 I wasn't mad, I just really think that one good PM should be enough. ;) OSX might really be a special case, although I'm not sure about it, but even in the Linux world there's just too many. I think that with proper management, one package repository would be enough. I wasn’t mad, I just really think that one good PM should be enough. ;) OSX might really be a special case, although I’m not sure about it, but even in the Linux world there’s just too many. I think that with proper management, one package repository would be enough.

]]> By: indeyets http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2007/09/fink-new-pdb/comment-page-1/#comment-9737 indeyets Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:27:34 +0000 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/?p=69#comment-9737 1) what made you so mad? 2) fink is not about managing packages. It's about porting packages to macos-x realities (manging is still made by apt-get and dpkg) 1) what made you so mad?
2) fink is not about managing packages. It’s about porting packages to macos-x realities (manging is still made by apt-get and dpkg)

]]> By: hex http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/2007/09/fink-new-pdb/comment-page-1/#comment-9723 hex Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:41:52 +0000 http://blog.milkfarmsoft.com/?p=69#comment-9723 I wish all these package managers died, in favor of one single PM to rule them all. I can only think of one reason which makes this impossible: stubborn developers. I wish all these package managers died, in favor of one single PM to rule them all. I can only think of one reason which makes this impossible: stubborn developers.

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