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The MacPorts command-line client

6 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 0 stories, 6 comments · first 2018-02-02 · latest 2025-04-05

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  1. …string" philosophy That can be said for the vast majority of Unix-like OS user-space programs. 0 - https://github.com/macports/macports-base 1 - https://github.com/macports/macports-ports
    comment by AdieuToLogic · 2025-04-05 · in The Tcl Programming Language
  2. …pull requests for new packages are welcome. v2.8 was just released on October 20th; changelog here: https://github.com/macports/macports-base/blob/v2.8.0/Change...
  3. …portfile: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/blob/master/shell... [2] Macports source: https://github.com/macports/macports-base/tree/release-2.7/s...
  4. …between OS versions less jarring? Yes, but the PR is stalled for now (lack of manpower again). https://github.com/macports/macports-base/pull/56 I haven't experienced these issues myself because I would always reinstall MacPorts after a…
    comment by l2dy · 2019-04-30 · in Thoughts on macOS Package Managers
  5. …and our maintainer policy. We are also seeking for ways to improve our developer experience, e.g. https://github.com/macports/macports-base/pull/120 which automates updating checksums in the Portfile. > The lack of color, as well as…
    comment by l2dy · 2019-04-30 · in Thoughts on macOS Package Managers
  6. …on how to best install that software installer changes, which leads to odd instabilities. https://github.com/macports/macports-base/releases/download/... > Shortcuts are terrible because you have to constantly flex the hands in to hit Mac…
    comment by saagarjha · 2018-02-02 · in No Cutting Corners on the iPhone X