> I’m surprised that HN (maybe the dev community in general?) mentions and seems to favor homebrew so much over Macports. I'm surprised that you're surprised.

> I’m surprised that HN (maybe the dev community in general?) mentions and seems to favor homebrew so much over Macports. I'm surprised that you're surprised. I use Macports but almost everything I encounter gives Homebrew install instructions up front (Macports is rarely mentioned, even if there is a port available). Additionally, I find that while the docs for advanced Homebrew use are poor, they do at least have the basic everyday usage well-documented up-front. Macports approach of providing long, detailed & comprehensive contributor-oriented API docs and almost nothing simple & accessible for daily users makes it really intimidating for new users trialling it.