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I am fascinated by the polarizing nature of Homebrew on HN. I've used both MacPorts and Homebrew, and I think the only reason I switched to Homebrew years ago
by TameAntelope 6y ago
I am fascinated by the polarizing nature of Homebrew on HN. I've used both MacPorts and Homebrew, and I think the only reason I switched to Homebrew years ago was that Homebrew didn't try to install stuff at a system level, which felt more in line with a package manager that wasn't integrated into the OS.
But I'm sure MacPorts is fine still. Why are people so strongly opinionated about this, particularly on the pro-MacPorts side? Nothing I've seen in the comments so far jumps out as an obvious source of the passion.
- jakeva 6y agoPeople are strongly opinionated about everything if the internet forums are any indication. I think the truth is more like opinionated people speak up, and most people just enjoy life.
- sevencolors 6y agoI wasn't even aware it was polarizing. Have enjoyed using it for the past 6 years and never thought much about it. The comments of "it sux", "worst thing ever" feel very petulant. Love that i can install/update the packages i might need and get on with my day.
- ThankYouBernard 6y agoHN, and the open source world in general, has no sense of perspective. I mean, even as someone who once built my own Linux system from scratch I don't understand why there are death threats connected to something called "systemd". It's a bubble that most of us grow out of once we discover that there is more to life. Apparently some people never do.
- Klonoar 6y agoIt's ideology. They're both fine at what they do at this point, and you really only need to choose based on what has the packages you need. For reference, I use MacPorts. I often tell new users to just use Homebrew. It really just doesn't matter.