[kergonath]

> I've personally had very good experiences switching back from Homebrew to MacPorts. Wouldn't go back to Homebrew.

I have been much happier with Macports than with Homebrew (which I try every other year to see if it’s improved).

> The only pain point I've found is upgrading to new macOS releases, though I've often found just reinstalling MacPorts itself will get me going again in a pinch without having to take inventory of my installed ports and reinstall everything from scratch.

I used to use the commands suggested on the Macports website (save the list of installed packages to a file; update OS; install Macports; re-install ports). But since a couple of upgrades I have decided to use this as an opportunity to get rid of ports I don’t actually need.