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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by lloeki on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:25PM (#26038720)
> I hate to say it, but if this was a race (?), Homebrew won. Thankfully we all still have the choice to use MacPorts if we want, but there's no point in being mean about Homebrew at this point either.

Definitely, plus there's also Nix and pkgsrc now, it's not like there's no alternative. And that's one race I lost trying to take the matter in my own hands with ArchMac[0] out of frustration with the limitations I faced with MacPorts and Fink, then Homebrew, so I pulled the plug[1] and trim the bills.

If anyone wants to take over just reach out.

[0]: https://www.archmac.org/

[1]: https://lna7n.org/2020/01/06/pulling-the-plug-on-archmac.htm...

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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by chisquared on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:55PM (#26041060)
I'd never heard of Arch Mac until I read this comment, but reading your post about pulling the plug gave me chills.

I could tell that you poured a lot into this project, and I feel a surprising degree of wistfulness over your decision to abandon it.

I hope whatever you're working on now is as fulfilling as you wanted Arch Mac to be.

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