Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home...
by Maursault on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:07AM
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AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008, released fully mature a full year before Homebrew was conceived. Homebrew is still not mature, and only works for one user on a multiuser system. Every other available package manager doesn't have this flaw. Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git. Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing.
Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home...
by dmitriid on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:11PM
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> AppStore is the default package manager in macOS since 2008
It's not a package manager
> Homebrew is worse than forgoing package management and just using git
So you're using AppStore as your package manager?
> Homebrew is pure hype, and without the hype, it has nothing.
Ah yes, the well-known decade-old hype that everyone keeps advertising.
Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home...
by Maursault on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:22PM
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A package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. [0]
If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these. Apple invented package managers in 2008 (LOL).
Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home...
by dmitriid on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:23PM
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> If it installs, upgrades, configures and removes programs, App Store is indeed one of these.
So. Do you use it to install all your software? Oh wait. You don't: "Give me MacPorts any day of the week and twice on Sunday."
So, why aren't you using App Store?
It is the de facto default package manager as most installation instructions default to it if they mention a package manager on MacOS
> It is a recent development
1. It's been around for 12 years already
2. Being more recent doesn't preclude it from being a de facto default
> Why the constant advertisement for adoption
It's not "constant advertisement". This is what being the de facto default means: people are using the de facto default and not something that you perceive as the default