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 The process is pretty much the same as for any other open source project. See the relevant [http://guide.macports.org/#project.membership documentation] and the [wiki:NewCommittersGuide New commiters guide] for what commit access to MacPorts entails.
 
+=== Why Tcl? ===
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+These mailing list posts by Landon Fuller, one of the original authors, explain why Tcl was chosen for MacPorts:
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+[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/369][[BR]]
+[http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/8826]
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 == Runtime Errors ==
 
 === I try to disable a variant, but it just informs me of the proper usage for the `port` command ===

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* The IP shown here might not mean anything if the user or the server is
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