First, I think someone needs to step up to the plate and prove the allegations.  There have been a few of us, at least, who have spoken up that these behaviors do not occur for us.  So I'm guessing the problem lies in how the binary is built and/or tested.

That said, should there be a real problem with the ns port, or a valuable feature inherent to the mac port, I will be glad to apply effort where needed.

I also think you are giving short shrift to the ageless problem of engineers finding it distasteful to work on an existing body of code.  This is what I conclude happened with Yamamoto wrt the ns port.  And if you were to argue that what one engineer finds distasteful, another might find elegant ... I would rest your case. :-)

-pmr