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> cited as a standard or defacto package manager for macOS It is the de facto default package manager as most installation instructions default to it if they m

> cited as a standard or defacto package manager for macOS It is the de facto default package manager as most installation instructions default to it if they mention a package manager on MacOS > It is a recent development 1. It's been around for 12 years already 2. Being more recent doesn't preclude it from being a de facto default > Why the constant advertisement for adoption It's not "constant advertisement". This is what being the de facto default means: people are using the de facto default and not something that you perceive as the default

Maursault 5y ago
AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008, released fully mature a full year before Homebrew was conceived. Homebrew is still not mature, and only works for one user on a multiuser system. Every other available package manager doesn't have this flaw. Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git. Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing.
- dmitriid 5y ago
  > AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008 It's not a package manager > Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git So you're using AppStore as your package manager? > Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing. Ah yes, the well-known decade-old hype that everyone keeps advertising.
  - Maursault 5y ago
    A package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. [0] If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. Apple invented package managers in 2008 (LOL). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager
    - dmitriid 5y ago
      > If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. So. Do you use it to install all your software? Oh wait. You don't: "Give me MacPorts any day of the week and twice on Sunday." So, why aren't you using App Store?
      - Maursault 5y ago
        Because I disable and remove App Store.

Maursault 5y ago

AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008, released fully mature a full year before Homebrew was conceived. Homebrew is still not mature, and only works for one user on a multiuser system. Every other available package manager doesn't have this flaw. Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git. Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing.

dmitriid 5y ago
> AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008 It's not a package manager > Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git So you're using AppStore as your package manager? > Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing. Ah yes, the well-known decade-old hype that everyone keeps advertising.
- Maursault 5y ago
  A package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. [0] If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. Apple invented package managers in 2008 (LOL). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager
  - dmitriid 5y ago
    > If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. So. Do you use it to install all your software? Oh wait. You don't: "Give me MacPorts any day of the week and twice on Sunday." So, why aren't you using App Store?
    - Maursault 5y ago
      Because I disable and remove App Store.