[gimp-web] Updates sections about Macports and Fink
- From: Michael Schumacher <schumaml src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-web] Updates sections about Macports and Fink
- Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:20:24 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1cbc72536e75868a0a605556e643ed5873e76be5
Author: Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>
Date: Thu Dec 26 01:19:51 2013 +0100
Updates sections about Macports and Fink
downloads/Mac.xhtml | 19 ++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/downloads/Mac.xhtml b/downloads/Mac.xhtml
index 8b13599..0974528 100644
--- a/downloads/Mac.xhtml
+++ b/downloads/Mac.xhtml
@@ -27,25 +27,24 @@ Since the 2.8.2 version GIMP runs on OSX natively. No X11 environment is require
<h3>Macports</h3>
-<p>Disclaimer: we have not investigated if it's possible to build
-GIMP 2.8 from Macports</p>
-
-<p>An easy way to compile and install GIMP and other great <a
+<p>A (easy?) way to compile and install GIMP and other great <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free software</a> on your Mac
is by using <a href="http://www.macports.org/">Macports</a>. The installer
allows you to choose from a large directory of packages. To install gimp
using Macports, you simply do <code>sudo port install gimp</code> once you have
Macports installed.</p>
+<p>Disclaimer: we have not investigated if it's feasible to build
+GIMP 2.8 from Macports. The <a
+href="https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/graphics/gimp/Portfile">GIMP
+port file</a> mentions 2.8.10, and appears to be maintained, however.</p>
+
<ul>
<li><a href="http://macports.org">Download Macports</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Fink</h3>
-<p>Disclaimer: we have not investigated if it is possible to build
-GIMP 2.8 from Fink</p>
-
<p>Fink is a package repository that offer mostly precompiled
binaries. It provides the apt-get command known to e.g. Debian and
Ubuntu users, and installing GIMP is as easy as <code>sudo apt-get
@@ -55,6 +54,12 @@ GIMP 2.8 from Fink</p>
If there's no binary package, then <code>fink install gimp</code>
will compile GIMP from source.</p>
+<p>Disclaimer: we have been able to determine if it is possible to install or build
+GIMP 2.8 from Fink. GIMP 2.6.12 appears to be the most recent <a
+href="http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/browse.php?summary=gimp
+">GIMP package</a> that is <a
+href="http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/gimp2">offered there</a>.</p>
+
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.finkproject.org">Download Fink</a>.</li>
</ul>
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