The future of installing software on Mac OS X via MacPorts

[Francois Claire]

> I sincerely hope Apple does not do that; it would suck.
Perhaps PortMgr team could start a discussion with Apple to discuss the 
future of macports in Mac OSX and more generally about Unix-level access 
in Mac OSX.

I don't believe it's in Apple's interest to make the Mac 
yet-another-IOS-like product for dummies. We are a lot to use daily Unix 
comand-line tools while enjoying nice and user-friendly graphical apps 
on our Macs. This is what makes Mac OSX so great: it's the power of Unix 
together with a great GUI.

Maybe MacOSX could run in two modes: basic and advanced usage ?


However if Apple don't hear anything from us, they might take wrong 
decisions and lead MacOSX in a direction we don't want...