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> I wonder if there's a compelling reason for these add-on distros (Fink, Homebrew, Macports) to be strictly "build from source" with no option for binary packa
by 286c8cb04bda 15y ago
> I wonder if there's a compelling reason for these add-on distros (Fink, Homebrew, Macports) to be strictly "build from source" with no option for binary package downloads.
For that to happen, someone has to take responsibility for creating, managing, and distributing those binary packages. That's much easier said than done.
So, the simple answer is that no one has, as of yet, volunteered to do the work.
- koenigdavidmj 15y agofink installs binary packages.
- simmons 15y agoMy Fink seems to always want to perform builds, but I haven't really studied it closely. I have a vague recollection of it offering binary packages for Leopard but not for Snow Leopard when I installed it, back in mid-2010. If Fink can provide binary packages for SL now, I definitely need to look into it.
- astrange 15y agoNobody has been able to volunteer the CPU time to build binary packages, so there haven't been any to download. Fink ships apt-get which is still perfectly capable of using them.