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Great list, not a big fan of homebrew personally, or its creator who seems to be full of himself. I'd recommend pkg_src from joyent[0]. homebrew seems to have a

by jd3 11y ago

Great list, not a big fan of homebrew personally, or its creator who seems to be full of himself. I'd recommend pkg_src from joyent[0]. homebrew seems to have a lot of the hip webdev packages, but pkg_src and joyent's repository is the real deal when it comes to hardcore UNIX package management. Some friends have a nice bootstrap for pkg_src on OS X called saveosx[1], too. [0]: https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-osx/ https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/install-on-osx/ [1]: http://www.saveosx.org/ http://www.saveosx.org/

theli0nheart 11y ago
This seems to be somewhat ad hominem. Shouldn't software be judged by its own merits as opposed to those of its creator? (even if this is a big deal to you, Homebrew's creator seems to be not nearly as involved as he was initially). I must disagree with your assessment that Homebrew is focused primarily on webdev. There is rarely any package (webdev-related or not) that I haven't been able to install with it. I'd venture to say that not once over the past 12 months have I had a single problem installing anything. I'm also curious what pkg_src offers over Homebrew (and vice versa).
D4AHNGM 11y ago
Homebrew's creator hasn't been involved with Homebrew for nearly two years now.
riffraff 11y ago
FWIW, I have no issues with homebrew, but I have used macports for many years and never had any issue. Especially now that it supports binary packages, I find it perfect for my usage.
- brobinson 11y ago
  I had tons of issues with macports over the years (e.g., emacs port was broken for months after 10.6 came out), but I think that was mostly a function of its smaller userbase and more difficult contribution system. Homebrew seems to have many more users and a far simpler way to contribute, so it's rare that I encounter a broken or old package.

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Great list, not a big fan of homebrew personally, or its creator who seems to be full of himself. I'd recommend pkg_src from joyent[0]. homebrew seems to have a

by jd3 11y ago

theli0nheart 11y ago
This seems to be somewhat ad hominem. Shouldn't software be judged by its own merits as opposed to those of its creator? (even if this is a big deal to you, Homebrew's creator seems to be not nearly as involved as he was initially). I must disagree with your assessment that Homebrew is focused primarily on webdev. There is rarely any package (webdev-related or not) that I haven't been able to install with it. I'd venture to say that not once over the past 12 months have I had a single problem installing anything. I'm also curious what pkg_src offers over Homebrew (and vice versa).
D4AHNGM 11y ago
Homebrew's creator hasn't been involved with Homebrew for nearly two years now.
riffraff 11y ago
FWIW, I have no issues with homebrew, but I have used macports for many years and never had any issue. Especially now that it supports binary packages, I find it perfect for my usage.
- brobinson 11y ago
  I had tons of issues with macports over the years (e.g., emacs port was broken for months after 10.6 came out), but I think that was mostly a function of its smaller userbase and more difficult contribution system. Homebrew seems to have many more users and a far simpler way to contribute, so it's rare that I encounter a broken or old package.