<div dir="ltr">Terry Barnum <<a href="mailto:terry@dop.com">terry@dop.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
The freeswitch devs are updating the Mac section of their wiki and are claiming that homebrew is more widely supported between platforms. They are reluctant to add information on using macports for freeswitch dependencies because a) they don't want to support what they don't know, and b) (they imply) they don't receive requests for freeswitch + macports.<br>
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I guess I'm just looking to satisfy my own curiosity and maybe gain some info to counter with.<br></blockquote><div><br>Judging by this thread:<br><br><a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/pipermail/freeswitch-users/2014-March/103451.html">http://lists.freeswitch.org/pipermail/freeswitch-users/2014-March/103451.html</a><br>
<br></div><div>The problem is that the presentation of the case for supporting MacPorts was confusing and unconvincing, so usage statistics are not going to help in that matter.<br><br></div><div>You have to give a clear and reasonable explanation as to why they should bother, when they already have a method that works.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Truthfully, the better option is for you and the other MacPorts users in that community to take on the task of creating a port for Freeswitch, so that future installs and updates will be easy and seamless.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Art<br></div></div></div></div>