On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Scott Haneda <talkli...@newgeo.com> wrote: > Back to MacPorts. Simple install, defaults to /opt/local. Well thought out, > just like copy and paste was. /opt/local sets the foundation for MacPorts > moving forward. Advanced users who need something beyond a true "one click > install", which is as simple as I can see things getting, will have to know > how to build from source. >
Yeah. I agree. Even if someone bothered to implement choosing your prefix in the installer then you would have a bunch of people deciding to change it at random to something else, and then being all confused later when trying to follow instructions which mention /opt/local. Building from source is really quite easy, I mean, you just follow the instructions and type a few commands, so it seems a minimal hurdle to overcome if you want to change the prefix. I guess Mark is presumably thinking of a situation where someone just doesn't have the permissions to install in /opt/local so it isn't just a willy-nilly desire to put it somewhere else, but still it seems that compiling from source is not all that hard. Shrug. Another Scott _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
