#11 create a fink mixmaster client package for MacOSX

[David Henderson]

I've started this effort, and I'm willing to contribute a
package, but I'm still very new to fink and mixmaster so
may take a while.

Send me an email how or if I can contribute to this effort.

David
dgh3@sourceforge.net

[Peter Palfrader]

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Would this still be desireable even if there was a proper
MacOSX installer for the mixmaster client (a .sit or
whatever it is on Mac)?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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David,

There's a Python Mixmaster client library which may or may
not be of use to you:

http://invisiblog.com/files/pymaster-0.0.4.tar.gz

It wraps the Mixmaster C source with Swig. It works on BSD
and win32, and could be relatively easy to port to OS/X. Try
the Linux/BSD build/install/test instructions as a starting point.

[James Hammett]

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Since most people would be using terminal already, I think it
would be desirable.

Fink:
james$ fink install mixmaster
(ENTER PASSWORD) - Done
(plus updating would be pretty automatic)

Finder:
Find the download site address
Use safari/explorer to navigate to the web site, download the
packages
Open Download folder
Double click installer
Enter Password
Click Continue
Click Continue
Click QUIT

[Peter Palfrader]

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If only fink didn't invent their own source format. If they used
the standard debian packaging tools for building packages (just
like they already do for apt-get and friends) then you'ld have
you package already. I need to look into how to build fink
packages, but that may take some time.