[34085] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/intro.xml
markd at macports.org
markd at macports.org
Mon Feb 11 22:47:11 PST 2008
Revision: 34085
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/34085
Author: markd at macports.org
Date: 2008-02-11 22:47:10 -0800 (Mon, 11 Feb 2008)
Log Message:
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Refine introductory text.
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Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/intro.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/intro.xml 2008-02-12 05:08:47 UTC (rev 34084)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/intro.xml 2008-02-12 06:47:10 UTC (rev 34085)
@@ -5,39 +5,36 @@
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>MacPorts is an easy to use system for compiling, installing, and
- managing free and open source software. MacPorts may be conceptually divided
- into two main parts: the infrastructure, known as MacPorts base, and the set
- of available ports. A MacPorts port is a set of specifications contained in
- a <link linkend="development.introduction">Portfile</link> that defines an
+ managing open source software. MacPorts may be conceptually divided into two
+ main parts: the infrastructure, known as MacPorts base, and the set of
+ available ports. A MacPorts port is a set of specifications contained in a
+ <link linkend="development.introduction">Portfile</link> that defines an
application, its characteristics, and any files or special instructions
- required to install it, so MacPorts may automatically fetch, patch, compile,
- and install ported software.</para>
+ required to install it. This allows you to use a single command to tell
+ MacPorts to automatically download, compile, and install applications and
+ libraries. But using MacPorts to manage your open source software provides
+ several other significant advantages. For example, MacPorts:</para>
- <para>However, installing software using MacPorts instead of doing it
- manually brings advantages apart from scripted installs for individual
- applications. For example, MacPorts:</para>
-
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Installs automatically any required support software, known as
- "dependencies", for a given port.</para>
+ <quote>dependencies</quote>, for a given port.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Provides automatic uninstalls and upgrades for installed
- ports.</para>
+ <para>Provides for uninstalls and upgrades for installed ports.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Confines ported software to a private "sandbox" that keeps it from
- intermingling with your operating system and its vendor-supplied
- software to prevent them from becoming corrupted.</para>
+ <para>Confines ported software to a private <quote>sandbox</quote> that
+ keeps it from intermingling with your operating system and its
+ vendor-supplied software to prevent them from becoming corrupted.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Allows you to create pre-compiled binary installers of ported
- applications to quickly install software on computers without compiling
- from source code.</para>
+ applications to quickly install software on remote computers without
+ compiling from source code.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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