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In comparison, Apple hosted MacPorts, an early OS X package manager, and started to be involved in it directly. (nowadays MacPorts is not really necessary with
by shp0ngle 6y ago
In comparison, Apple hosted MacPorts, an early OS X package manager, and started to be involved in it directly.
(nowadays MacPorts is not really necessary with Homebrew around, but that’s another thing)
- grzm 6y agoHomebrew is recapitulating all of the work that previous package managers have done, while making choices like analytics and stomping on /usr/local by default that others wouldn't consider. I think there's still a place for MacPorts.
- shp0ngle 6y agoI honestly really like how HomeBrew doesn't require "sudo" for anything. Random stuff I download from internet should not require system permissions to do anything they want. That part of HB design is what sells it for me.
- saagarjha 6y agoThings you install system-wide in a folder designated as such should not really be done so by a package manager that makes insecure choices on how it installs software and maintains permissions on that directory.