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The title here and the quote at the bottom of the page say that it's better than MacPorts but there doesn't seem to be any comparison between them other than th
by amock 17y ago
The title here and the quote at the bottom of the page say that it's better than MacPorts but there doesn't seem to be any comparison between them other than that. The only thing I've seen people use to say that it's better is that it's written in Ruby, but that doesn't seem like a big deal. Is there a comparison of the two somewhere? It seems like the problem people have with MacPorts is that it's been around longer so there have been more chances for things to go wrong.
- jeremymcanally 17y agoI hated having to download 800mb of dependencies to install something simple. I already have Perl or lib(whatever); I don't need you to download it and install it. I get the reliability argument (i.e., the only way to guarantee stuff builds right is to manage it yourself), but that's a problem with any platform where you might compile things alongside the package manager. So, let me manage that. I don't need a package manager to argue with me about what I want installed.
- oomkiller 17y agoIn addition to this argument, I think comparing them is almost like comparing apples and oranges. They both have their place on your system, but Macports is like a "lower gear" than Homebrew, and it takes a ton of time to do anything with it.