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Re:MacPorts 2.0 with Lion support now available by llimllib on Sunday July 24, 2011 @10:08PM (#2801005)
1) Brew doesn't hide my stuff in /opt/macports/opt/package/ports/port/python/etc/etc/etc

2) Brew packages are simple to make and inspect. Many people make and inspect them. Bug fixes happen quickly.

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Re:MacPorts 2.0 with Lion support now available by heresy on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:31AM (#2802206)
Agreed with (2).

I actively create patches and submit it to them whenever I run into a problem, and I will keep doing so, because it's typically only a few days until it gets merged.

How I got into it, was the nifty searching of Github issues that Homebrew does for existing issues when you have a compilation error. One way to get people to report bugs is to show them you care..

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