[27188] trunk/doc/guide/new/xml/intro.xml

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Revision: 27188
          http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/27188
Author:   markd at macports.org
Date:     2007-07-23 23:26:42 -0700 (Mon, 23 Jul 2007)

Log Message:
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Clarify the MacPorts description and improve the into grammar.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc/guide/new/xml/intro.xml

Modified: trunk/doc/guide/new/xml/intro.xml
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--- trunk/doc/guide/new/xml/intro.xml	2007-07-24 05:26:20 UTC (rev 27187)
+++ trunk/doc/guide/new/xml/intro.xml	2007-07-24 06:26:42 UTC (rev 27188)
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 
   <para>MacPorts is a system for building, installing, and managing free and
   open source software. It is developed on Mac OS X, though it is designed to
-  be portable so it can work on other Unix-like systems, especially *BSD. A
-  MacPorts "port" consists of a <filename>Portfile</filename> that defines the
-  characteristics of the application to which it corresponds, so that MacPorts
-  may be used to fetch, compile, and install it. MacPorts provides several
-  significant advantages over installing free and open source software
+  be portable so it can work on other Unix-like systems, especially those
+  descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). A MacPorts "port"
+  is an application that has been defined within the ports hierarchy by
+  describing its characteristics and anything required to install it within a
+  file named <filename>Portfile</filename>, so MacPorts may be used to
+  automatically fetch, patch, compile, and install the application. MacPorts
+  provides two major advantages over installing free and open source software
   manually.</para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>It confines ported applications to a private "sandbox" that keeps
       ported software from intermingling with your operating system and its
-      vendor-supplied libraries to prevent them from becoming
+      vendor-supplied libraries, thus preventing them from becoming
       corrupted.</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>

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