usage numbers for macports vs. homebrew?

[Eric Gallager]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:

>
> On Mar 17, 2014, at 22:42, Davor Cubranic wrote:
>
> > I've given Homebrew a quick try in a VM and it doesn't seem that
> different in functionality. (Except that I do wish we had something like
> Homebrew-cask.)
>
> For those of us not familiar with Homebrew: what is this feature? what
> does it do?
>

They basically have a separate repository for stuff that comes in binary
form on DMGs and/or in .pkg/.mpkg installers. They even allow for
installing MacPorts this way:
https://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2013-December/034213.html


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