Fink is a wonderful application -- and I say this after trying it and most other alternatives for running UNIX ports on OS X: (1) I tried running Ximian on top of YDL (a Linux flavor). Backing up, partitioning, and installing took days, and it was less functional than GNOME on XDarwin. (2) FreeBSD/GNU-Darwin get you closer, but dependency-management was still not hassle-free, and is very time-consuming. It's also not for the CLI-phobic. Fink manages dependencies very well. It also allows those who want bleeding edge ports to Darwin to get their hands dirty when they want. Saddened to see you go, Christoph, but I can appreciate the crap you've had to deal with. For what it's worth, you've inspired one other to soon become involved. Much appreciated.