Kismet and Tiger

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 28, 2010, at 19:49, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:

>> The homepage says that MacPorts targets "mainly the current Mac OS X release (10.6, A.K.A Snow Leopard) and the immediately previous one (10.5, A.K.A. Leopard)". The download page refers to Tiger as a legacy platform.
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> If this is meant to imply MacPorts doesn't support Tiger then why:
> * provide links for the legacy OS in a prominent location, along side the supported OS [1]?
> * make an at-least statement about supported OS versions rather than a defined set?
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> These statements on the MacPorts site about Tiger are vague. It says one thing and not enough, then the site turns around and presents Tiger in another light. I had to read over the text twice to find the legacy platform note that was mentioned--completely missed it! The first time through all I read, "Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger." How I read it the first time is the only visual cue provided on the site. It's as if MacPorts is not stressing the fact Tiger is a legacy product.

MacPorts itself works on Tiger. Individual ports may or may not work, depending on the effort put in by individual maintainers.


> Perhaps this leads us to another issue: why is the MacPorts site a mountain of text? Even our downloads must be found mid-sentence.
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> [1] I'm not sure I can call this prominent since it's a clutter of text. Where are the LEOPARD and SNOW LEOPARD buttons?

I agree the web site needs an overhaul. Nobody has thus far done it.