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Jul 26, 2009 4:12pm
MacPorts versus fink - I asked myself the question recently again. Many years ago I switched to MacPorts and then back to fink when the number of packages that didn’t compile grew over my patience threshold. Nowadays I am still happy with fink but was wondering if the mojo was not back with MacPorts. I guess not: Fink has 11043 packages - 1096 of which are unmaintained. MacPorts has 5960 packages - of which a stunning 2358 are unmaintained. I will stay with fink. For now …

MacPorts versus fink - I asked myself the question recently again. Many years ago I switched to MacPorts and then back to fink when the number of packages that didn’t compile grew over my patience threshold. Nowadays I am still happy with fink but was wondering if the mojo was not back with MacPorts. I guess not:

  • Fink has 11043 packages - 1096 of which are unmaintained.
  • MacPorts has 5960 packages - of which a stunning 2358 are unmaintained.

I will stay with fink. For now …
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