Usage of the term MacPorts (was: Topological sorting of perl modules)

[Arno Hautala]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
>
> If we were talking about portmgr then I would agree. But I don't think
> MacPorts is a collective noun, it's a proper noun denoting a single
> project. That the name has a plural form probably confuses the issue
> further.
>
> If we referred to the ports themselves as MacPorts then it might be
> different ("MacPorts are easy to write"), but almost nobody does that.

These seem to make sense to me:

> Portmgr are the people that direct the MacPorts project.
> MacPorts is a software package management tool.
> Portfiles are the files that describe how a package will be built and installed.
> A single Portfile is generally easy to write.

I think the more important question is what the "venery" term is for portfiles.

"A MacPorts of Portfiles" doesn't sound that great.
A TCL of Portfiles?

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