On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 9:18 PM, Al Varnell <alvarn...@mac.com> wrote:

> Sorry for my ignorance here, but why do we need MacPorts to maintain a
> port when there is are perfectly good installers available on GitHub <
> https://osxfuse.github.io
>
> > including a developer release of version 3.5.1 posted close to a week
> ago?
>

The same can be said for a fair chunk of the software in MacPorts. Some of
us prefer not to have to chase down and (possibly build and) install every
single piece of software ourselves. That's the *point* of MacPorts.

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