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		mnutt on Nov 10, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RethinkDB: An open-source distributed database bui... Personally, I migrated to homebrew due to the ease of writing packages compared to macports. But I happen to enjoy ruby more than custom DSLs. It's probably a division similar to Chef/Puppet.

datasink on Nov 11, 2012 [–]

Having switched and then switched back, I will agree with you. If you're inclined to write your own package installers, Homebrew is worlds better than MacPorts. But otherwise, MacPorts has many more packages that-just-work.

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