[TxMt] DarwinPorts or Fink

[Jamie Orchard-Hays]

Darwin Ports. I gave up on Fink a long time ago. Also, DP is now  
called MacPorts.

Jamie


On Nov 8, 2006, at 12:15 AM, William Scott wrote:

>
>
> Eric Coleman wrote:
>> I think i've asked before, but I can't seem to find it in the
>> archives...
>>
>> DarwinPorts or Fink...
>>
>> What does the list prefer and why?
>>
>
> It need not be an either/or proposition.  I have both, but use fink  
> about
> 99% of the time.  If you need scientific software, it clearly has a  
> much
> wider selection.  I also maintain a few packages and am extremely
> impressed with the quality control and dedication of the fink core  
> team,
> not to mention their helpfulness. It has very active mail lists and an
> extremely helpful and knowledgeable user community.
>
> It is based on the Debian package management system, which I think  
> is very
> well designed.  (It in fact impelled me to switch to Ubuntu linux  
> from the
> RH beast.)
>
> FWIW, I think it is inviting trouble to put either in /usr/local.  The
> whole idea for having /opt/local or /sw is to avoid conflicts, and  
> in case
> of trouble, you can move or delete those directories easily.  Both  
> make a
> point of keeping stuff isolated within their respective domains.  The
> advantages of this are large, and the inconveniences are neglegable.
>
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