MacPorts vs. HomeBrew (2011)

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Post by leonry » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 1:18 PM UTC

MacPorts vs. HomeBrew (2011)
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Re: MacPorts vs. HomeBrew (2011)

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Post by p_ing » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 1:25 PM UTC

Much of this is no longer relevant, with homebrew generally being the dominant player. Homebrew no longer takes over /usr/local but installs to /opt/homebrew, for example.

Re: MacPorts vs. HomeBrew (2011)

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Post by mattl » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 1:56 PM UTC

p_ing wrote: post #2

Much of this is no longer relevant, with homebrew generally being the dominant player. Homebrew no longer takes over /usr/local but installs to /opt/homebrew, for example.

Only on Apple Silicon I believe.

Re: MacPorts vs. HomeBrew (2011)

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Post by p_ing » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

mattl wrote: post #3

p_ing wrote: post #2

Much of this is no longer relevant, with homebrew generally being the dominant player. Homebrew no longer takes over /usr/local but installs to /opt/homebrew, for example.

Only on Apple Silicon I believe.

I believe you're correct, but how relevant are Intel Macs today or if you feel they are, how relevant do you believe they'll stay? The last was released in 2020 or 2021, ya?

Re: MacPorts vs. HomeBrew (2011)

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Post by mattl » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 5:49 PM UTC

p_ing wrote: post #4

mattl wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only on Apple Silicon I believe.

I believe you're correct, but how relevant are Intel Macs today or if you feel they are, how relevant do you believe they'll stay? The last was released in 2020 or 2021, ya?

I’m probably the wrong person to ask as I have a 1998 PowerMac G3 at home running Rhapsody.

But as long as the Intel Macs are getting OS updates + a few years would be my guess.

There are a lot of people with expensive computers that still work great out there not to mention all the Mac Minis out there doing goodness knows what.