OSX Package Management
yason: Personally, it seems that we -- as for people appropriately inclined -- have reached the point where you just want _some_ platform to run Debian/Ubuntu: if it's OSX, cool; if it's native Ubuntu, okay then, too, as long as it works well enough with the hardware.I dumped OSX a couple of years ago and a major part was the package management trouble.I need all the basic open-source software as well-laid as in Ubuntu/Debian. I want them to be compatible, familiar, hopefully in the nice GNU flavor I'm used to, and preferably as the de facto standard for the system I'm using so that I won't run into conflicts with the system software itself. For me in 2006/2007, DarwinPorts/MacPorts/Fink/whatever didn't cut it. They weren't as up to date nor as extensive as Ubuntu/Debian repositories, and I was always feeling something was lacking in their overall integrity. In Ubuntu, it's the native software stack and everything just clicks together.I think it would be really great if you could use a Mac with native OSX to run your Debian and GNU stuff as well as Ubuntu does.I doubt Mr. Jobs would agree, though.