>
> *First of all it should be clarified that fuse (and macfuse) is a 
> development library that provides easy mechanism to implement filesystems. 
> Fuse is not a end-user application, it is a library that is used by 
> developers.*


Really? Wow. And here I thought it was a Preference Pane… I guess all 
development libraries get those.

 *If you are a user then the answer is "This is a wrong type of question".*


and that is singularly the least helpful answer ever. MacFUSE was a package 
with a function that many users made use of, it's now kicked to the curb 
and at least two options exist to replace it: is it REALLY so far beyond 
the pale for someone using the package to ask what the pro/con's are on 
each? Seems like exactly the right kind of question.

As you yourself state (I'll summarize): for users, OSXFUSE is the correct 
answer; for developers porting a file system, they should choose according 
to their requirements. 

*I found it a bit weird that many users ask questions like “what library to 
> use” or “I installed macfuse but still cannot read my ntfs partition”. The 
> reason I think is a lack of standard package manager in macosx when users 
> in addition to a filesystem have to install macfuse developement package. 
> This makes people think that macfuse is *THE* application that provides 
> access to NTFS partitions/remote ssh folders etc.*


We have a standard package manager: it's called Software Update, and it 
freaking rocks. For geeks, both Fink and MacPorts have (disgustingly nasty 
UI'd, generally incomprehensible)  package managers. There's no way on to 
Earth that Apple would expose such suck to their users. For those who want 
these things, they are out there.

Your arrogance is amazing. Try not to break your neck as you get off your 
high horse and remember that 99.9% of computer users are not programmers 
and it's bullshit like this that makes them hate those of us who are.
 

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