XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: znu@fake.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    JEDIDIAH  wrote:   
      
   > On 2010-12-07, Justin  wrote:   
   > > Alot better than APT.  Pretty much everything available for linux is   
   > > available on Snow Leopard via MacPorts.   
   >   
   >     What about Quicktime plugins? Does it manage that?   
   >   
   >     That's the first thing that needs to be sorted out with a proper package   
   > manager. The fact that you can install "alien platform" software on a Mac   
   with   
   > a 3rd party package manager is not really that compelling.   
   >   
   >     Package manager are a lot less compelling for self-contained products and   
   > tend to be much more useful for things that come with a lot of dependencies   
   to   
   > sort out. That very issue is why I started using package managers myself.   
   >   
   >     I found that sorting out all of the bits and bobs for early GNUstep and   
   > KDE builds were starting to be too much of a bother.   
      
   Native OS X software rarely has external third-party dependancies.   
   Meanwhile, *nix-style software can be installed via *nix-style package   
   managers. Remind me again what the problem is supposed to be?   
      
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