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 Please note that this list is absolutely '''not exclusive'''! If you have any idea about what you want to see improved in MacPorts, you are free to propose this as your own project. In any case, we recommend you talk to mentors before writing your application.
 
 === Ideas ===
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+==== Update Orphaned Ports ==== #orphanports
+Several of the current MacPorts developers originally became interested in the project because they wanted to improve the software that MacPorts installs.
+Fixing and/or updating ports is an excellent introduction to the MacPorts systems (phases, variants, PortGroups, etc.).
+It forces you to read the documentation and examine commit histories.
+This does not have to be an entire GSOC project, but it could be used as part of the application process and/or a supplement to the main project.
+Most version increases in a port require only minor changes.
+A small number of updates, such as to the [https://trac.macports.org/ticket/48899 Glasgow Haskell Compiler], would be much more of a challenge.
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 ==== Announcements distributed over the ports tree ==== #news
 
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