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Why would it put an end to macports? And why would that be neat?
by adsr 16y ago
Why would it put an end to macports? And why would that be neat?
- iloveponies 16y agoOS X without Xcode installed doesn't have a compiler - if you can't compile, you can't use macports or homebrew. It would be "neat" as in clean. No drama on Apple's behalf. Just put a price tag on the only real compiler, and it's over. Unless someone solves that issue.
- adsr 16y agoXcode is an IDE, you can still get the compilers as both of them are open source. http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/gcc/gcc-5646/ http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/gcc/gcc-5646/ http://llvm.org/releases/download.html http://llvm.org/releases/download.html
- iloveponies 16y agoIt's packaging and bundling that's the problem. There is enough people out there that don't want to have to manually install compilers etc versus just installing Xcode.
- jarin 16y agoWell then they have a choice. Pay $5 for the convenience of installing gcc/clang via a 4 GB download, or install gcc/clang manually for free.
- merijnv 16y agoUh...OSX just uses gcc as a C compiler and all the Apple specific changes are open source as well (GPL license and all that), so what's stopping me from just distributing a binary (Apple patched) gcc?
- jarin 16y agoNothing. You should do it.