Just found out Ports/Fink is not the same

[Ben Greenfield]

fink predates (I used back in the mac os x server days (os 9 with next parts)) macports and which started I think as Darwinports.d
They do/did the same thing manage port trees for os x.

When Jordan Hubbard joined darwinports I switched from fink to darwinports because I thought Jordan was so cool and he if was going to help out the mac platform I would follow.

that is my point of view,

Ben


On Sep 18, 2010, at 7:39 PM, James Hozier wrote:

> I had no idea Ports and Fink were two different things. I'm relatively
> new to Mac products (but very familiar with Unix) so at first I thought
> that the Ports/Fink system was the same, and that both used the same
> repos/sources or whatever. However I discovered the two were different but
> Fink seems to be less active (I posted to their ML a couple weeks ago and
> nobody has responded yet). I'm very happy with MacPorts, but what exactly
> are the differences between Ports and Fink? (If possible a description in
> an unbiased POV)
> 
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