Port Function to Handle OS Upgrades

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> Goes back to the website issue ...
> start at  http://www.macports.org
>
> try and find quickly the procedures involved in going from a working  
> MacPorts on 10.5 to 10.6
>
> There's no search facility.
>
> The "Home" page doesn't link directly to what is effectively a "hot  
> issue"
> The "Installing MacPorts" deals with new installs and upgrading  
> those installs
> The "Available Ports" doesn't deal (obvious really)
> The "Documentation" (which goes to guide.macports.org) doesn't deal  
> with migrating
> The "Support and Development" (which goes to trac.macports.org) does  
> have a "migration" link ... YIPPEE
> The "Contact Us" again isn't designed to deal ... but does a link to  
> "Problems hotlist" ... but "migration" isn't covered there.
> The "News" page doesn't have a link to Migration, yet surely osx  
> 10.6 release would have counted as some sort of news if only to give  
> an opportunity for a "migration" link.
>
> Also, you tend to have to know that "migration" is the keyword to  
> look out for.

We need to setup a good structure for our site:  we know where we've  
been, and we know what we have to offer.  Does our site reflect these  
or is it a dead skeleton that needs replaced?

Just appoint a person or two to figure out how we want it organized  
and then others can throw in design ideas and more from there.

> Googling something like    macports 10.6 upgrade
> doesn't find any hits on macports.org apart from tickets for things  
> that didn't work.

As for the download, it would likely be handy to have a download page  
like so many open source projects:  the download link goes to a page  
with a big download button.  There's another link to the requirements.

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