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) > > > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
