On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, jiho wrote:
Just to mention it, I think it would be better/more efficient to use DarwinPorts than to have a custom additional install for Inkscape. I am conscious that people will do what they like (and that is what is great with an open source project!) so let me explain my reasons and try to convince you.
You don't need to convince me on this point, I completely agree. :-)
So I think thats using a custom install script to resolve Inkscape dependencies is much work to solve a problem for which elegant solutions already exist, unless we use a version of GTK that is not in DarwinPorts.
The primary motivation for my work on a script for installing dependencies was to a create a easily reusable environment for compiling a Universal version of Inkscape and all its dependencies. This is needed so that the Universal binaries can be built by myself or someone else from one machine without needing to built PPC and Intel versions on different machines and lipo them together. Building libraries as Universal binaries is something that neither Fink nor DarwinPorts allow, or plan to (to my knowledge).
I'm completely comfortable with our "suggested" method of installing Inkscape's dependencies for developers on OSX be via DarwinPorts, though someone else will have to take charge of updating our instructions on the wiki as I don't use DarwinPorts and don't have the time to investigate it right at the moment.
Cheers, Michael