Talk:Fink
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[edit] Dict-def?
- Fink is also a less than common last name which originates in Germany. Many immigrants brought the last name, which translated means "Finch" (as in bird), to the United States.
- In the United States, “fink” is also a slang term, referring to a generally unpleasant individual, similar in use to “jerk.” It is also specifically used to describe strike-breakers (making it similar in use to the word “scab”), and to describe an informant (making it similar to the phrase “stoolpigeon.”)
I'm not sure but does this stuff, added by two anon IP users, belong here or does it count as dictionary definitions? AlistairMcMillan 04:41, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
- Sounds like maybe Fink should be made into a disambig, after the current content is moved to something like Fink (package manager)? (currently a red link). ~leif ☺ (talk) 09:26, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Category
Fink is iin the Macintosh computers category, which makes no sense. I dont know how, but put it in the software for mac not made by apple category.
[edit] Founder quit
I feel the reason why the founder quit is not describes as it should in an encyclopedia: He left the project in November 2001 "after learning about the unthankfulness of people the hard way." Perhaps this should be rephrased. --Philippe 16:54, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
- So rewrite it to sound better/more accurate/whatever. DMacks 15:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- Done. Philippe 14:46, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Relevant topics
Initiated from the mailing list, I had a look at the page while thinking about improvements. Here my first impressions: Regarding the aim to attract users to fink as well as guide users, this is clearly not served with prime importance. There are two many details, that do not matter for a beginner and rather distract, whereas relevant topics are missing for beginners. The balance on the page with all of the sad history does not make you want to become involved or trust to use fink. I would put forward some FAQs of starting users. For example, it only states that fink does is not compliant with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. No explanation for this, nothing. It sounds like it is dangerous to install it. More on it later and maybe with improvements - mischi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.48.167.194 (talk) 13:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
- So I updated the page based on some of your comments, please review and let me know what you think. Knt (talk)
[edit] Note removed from article lead
This article is currently being reviewed and rewritten by Fink, see https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=261fc33d0803191701m1e497b2m4d443bf7c1d654e8%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=fink-devel for reference I removed this note from the article and am reproducing it here. --ascorbic (talk) 16:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
