--On 30 May 2007 10:37:37 -0700 "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On May 30, 2007, at 9:40 AM, paul beard wrote:
I'm getting a sense that people who use double-clickable installers
are somehow not "our sort of people." Goodness knows we can always
use more snobbery ;-)
I wouldn't argue that at all. I would instead argue that MacPorts is
simply not READY to serve people who use double-clickable installers.
That has always been a design goal of MacPorts, but it's not there yet.
It has a ways to go. It doesn't even know how many of its ports even
build at a given time yet, much less have them all packaged up and ready
to double click on. :-)
- Jordan
No, but MacPorts might be used to install such software on machines managed
by system admins who do see the advantage. For example, they might be
University or company Sys Admins who manage a lot of machines.
Or, I might prefer to use MacPorts to install such software for my Mum. SSH
and MacPorts might be a better solution than ARD over a cheap broadband
connection, for example.
--
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
x3148
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