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Packaging Best Practices x86_64 (64-bit) GCC field (C++ ABI) Sections and trees (crypto vs main, stable vs unstable) Shlibs Field The Validator Packaging Java Software Package Naming Conventions Dependencies on pkg-config Crypto/ssl policy The system-openssl-dev package Getting rid of -ssl variants by using system-openssl-dev Useful Constructions for Xcode 4.3 Packaging progress pango1/freetype219 pathname changes for GNOME2.24 GIS Fink on multiple architectures Migration to the FreeDesktop spec Latest Buildworld results Avoiding 'xmkmf' troubles Package Maintainership NOTE: These are currently all just drafts How to become a Fink maintainer Mentoring new maintainers Packages that developers would like to hand off to new maintainers Updating packages that belong to someone else Staying Active Building packages in a clean environment to find missing dependencies Short test scripts for dependency checking	Package manager roadmap New features in released fink versions Documentation needs for new features Near Term Goals Medium Term Goals 1.0 goals Major new feature plans XMLish Source and Patch InheritedBuildDepends Obsoletes -- done New Field designating non-automated packages Package test suite support -- done Patchfile Checksums -- done Overhauling SelfUpdate, which entails adjusting the bindist VERSION file Modernizing the Upgrade Process Global scripts/wrappers for dpkg Pre/Post-Inst/Rm -- done The structure of the Fink project Introduction to the structure of the Fink project Website Internationalization CVS Repository SelfUpdate: automatically providing the latest package information to users Distfiles: mirrors of opensource source files Package Database (pdb): a searchable database of fink packages File Database: a searchable database of fink package contents Archive Browser: binary packages and their build instructions, in browsable format Binary Distributions: how to create and maintain binary distributions Internet Domains Fink Mirrors system Resources located at SourceForge.net Resources located at finkproject.org Server Administration
Miscellaneous Notification Plugin Details About buildlocks Setting MAKEFLAGS in Fink -- how to use multiple processors (or systems) to build Fink packages Shared Memory Regions on Darwin -- how to increase shared memory on Mac OS X and Darwin Documentation Jottings --put minor documentation-related notes here for inclusion in the docs. Package issues --package-specific issues that aren't quite FAQ-worthy, e.g. dependency problems in bindist packages, etc. Porting Notes --tips for compiling things on OS X Dependency Graph Generator--creates a graph of dependencies for any given set of Fink packages