Comparison to other package managers for new users (was: Re: Deprecating port list)

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 9, 2009, at 05:40, Olivier Le Floch wrote:

>>> The Guide explains usage. If the goal is to create a document  
>>> that helps you
>>> migrate your knowledge from another package manager to MacPorts,  
>>> then maybe
>>> MigratingToMacPorts, MacPortsMigration, or just Migrating would  
>>> be a good
>>> page name.
>>
>> That implies the reader stops working with Linux, which is not the
>> most likely case. And the whole idea of this document seem to
>> be a special-audience text, at the expense of having a single
>> documentation like the guide. Remember this is documentation,
>> so redundancy for the sake of understandability is acceptable.
>>
>> I agree that my name suggestions where quite lame, though. Please
>> don't use them. :)
>
> How about MacportsForLinuxUsers ? (since I guess most of the other  
> package managers are on linux)

Or, in case they aren't, how about "MacPortsForSwitchers", to use  
some Apple terminology?