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1. shp0ng+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-05-28 02:59:10
In comparison, Apple hosted MacPorts, an early OS X package manager, and started to be involved in it directly.

(nowadays MacPorts is not really necessary with Homebrew around, but that’s another thing)

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2. grzm+B[view] [source] 2020-05-28 03:06:11
>>shp0ng+(OP)
Homebrew is recapitulating all of the work that previous package managers have done, while making choices like analytics and stomping on /usr/local by default that others wouldn't consider. I think there's still a place for MacPorts.
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3. shp0ng+rl[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-05-28 06:48:28
>>grzm+B
I honestly really like how HomeBrew doesn't require "sudo" for anything. Random stuff I download from internet should not require system permissions to do anything they want. That part of HB design is what sells it for me.
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4. saagar+HC[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-05-28 09:37:49
>>shp0ng+rl
Things you install system-wide in a folder designated as such should not really be done so by a package manager that makes insecure choices on how it installs software and maintains permissions on that directory.
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