[myko]

As a user of several of the packages available on Alcatraz, and Alcatraz itself, I strongly disagree with eridius.

If you do have issues with a particular package it is pretty simple to remove any/all of them. The only time I have had issues is when I've tried to run betas of Xvim on unreleased versions of Xcode.

Seriously, if you're interested at all in the packages made available through Alcatraz give it a shot.