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I also use MacPorts, but certainly have often noticed that Homebrew has some package that MacPorts doesn't.

I guess there's nothing stopping me from moving to Homebrew other than familiarity.

I haven't looked at Homebrew since that got started. The philosophical difference at that time was using macports and having a consistent and managed */local/ collection of tools with self contained dependencies vs. adding new tools with dependencies tied to the current Mac OS release.

I still use MacPorts for that reason and it is easy enough to create a local portfile for whatever isn't in Macports.

I find this to be the easy way to manage networked development computers.

fastball1y ago

I used MacPorts a decade ago, but at some point realized that Homebrew had more packages that were kept consistently up-to-date. Switched and never looked back.

nicolas_t1y ago

I switched away back to macports when homebrew decided to get rid of formula options. To be honest, I always find homebrew frustrating, it feels that they've often made technical decisions that are not necessarily the best but they've been much more successful at marketing themselves than macports.

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