XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: znu@fake.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
    JEDIDIAH  wrote:   
      
   > On 2010-12-08, ZnU  wrote:   
   > > 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.   
   >   
   >     Yeah. Just the really important core stuff has those problems.   
   >   
   > > Meanwhile, *nix-style software can be installed via *nix-style package   
   > > managers. Remind me again what the problem is supposed to be?   
   >   
   >     Quicktime.   
      
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