| /usr/local makes it far easier to install stuff like Gems with C extensions. It is a standard path checked by the C build system (eg. gcc). There no good reason I have yet heard why using /usr/local is bad advise. I assume that since you provided no rationale for your statement you are in fact unaware of one. But anyway having said this it is merely a recommendation — do whatever you want. The installation guide goes to great lengths to tell you that you should do whatever you want. Back when I initially made Homebrew I was interested in the greatest goal of maximum awesome O99 CFLAG awesomeness. Now I'm only interested in reliable compiles and the default CFLAGS are pretty sensible. At the time I wouldn't have recommended the project to anyone particularly, but it got popular anyway. But anyway, I never copy and pasted without reading a bunch first. I spent several days researching the stuff, the Gentoo wiki was a good source. There is no anti MacPorts stuff in any of the docs anymore. I was never anti MacPorts at all, if anyone will believe me. I just found it to be not a great tool for developers. Homebrew is a grass roots project, at the time it seemed harmless fun to poke fun at the competition. As the project became more popular I took it all out. Now there is just a small gibe that I couldn't resist because it's too good a bit of wit. Finally, no offence? May I suggest next time you say such a thing you don't immediately accuse the person to whom you mean no offence of being both ignorant and arrogant. PS with offence, you're an ignorant twat, and probably ugly too. |