On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM, Gustavo Seabra <[email protected]>wrote:

> On May 20, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > And in case it's not clear, XQuartz is the same software that's
> available in MacPorts in the xorg-* ports. The versions in MacPorts are
> just usually a little bit newer. I prefer to install X11 with MacPorts for
> this reason, and because there will
> > be less duplication of files.
>
> OK, in this case, what are the advantages (if any) of using XQuartz?
>

I find it useful to be able to upgrade MacPorts without having to worry
about disturbing X11, since I can more easily upgrade it separately.

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