Faster in the simplest sense: sudo port install x takes longer to finish than brew install x. Lighter in just as straightforward a sense: same installations, less space used (fewer dependencies I suppose).
The "it's Ruby" argument was entirely personal. I like to hack and help, if I can. Here I can.
Rudix provides binaries, but fewer packages.
The funny thing is that not that long ago, I was as skeptical as anyone. I installed Homebrew only recently when I updated two machines to Snow Leopard - mostly to prove to myself it wasn't just inertia and stubborn keeping me with MacPorts. I stayed with it because it works so well.
I didn't update my post in reply to you. I often write a quick reply and then do a bunch of expanding edits. Bad habit- sorry. I haven't tried MacPorts in a few months. Maybe it's much faster. I got very, very tired of editing the Python portfile to remove the TK dependency that dragged in an entire xorg system. But I think that deep is now optional. Again, I don't have a religious attitude towards Homebrew. I tried it, and I'm very happy with it for now.
Faster in the simplest sense: sudo port install x takes longer to finish than brew install x. Lighter in just as straightforward a sense: same installations, less space used (fewer dependencies I suppose).
The "it's Ruby" argument was entirely personal. I like to hack and help, if I can. Here I can.
Rudix provides binaries, but fewer packages.
The funny thing is that not that long ago, I was as skeptical as anyone. I installed Homebrew only recently when I updated two machines to Snow Leopard - mostly to prove to myself it wasn't just inertia and stubborn keeping me with MacPorts. I stayed with it because it works so well.
I didn't update my post in reply to you. I often write a quick reply and then do a bunch of expanding edits. Bad habit- sorry. I haven't tried MacPorts in a few months. Maybe it's much faster. I got very, very tired of editing the Python portfile to remove the TK dependency that dragged in an entire xorg system. But I think that deep is now optional. Again, I don't have a religious attitude towards Homebrew. I tried it, and I'm very happy with it for now.