Move part of macports infrastructure to GitHub

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 21, 2014, at 15:17, Landon Fuller wrote:

>> Why is a github mirror of the git repository desirable? Why can’t users who want a git version of our repository use the one Mac OS Forge provides? Is it just to help users discover the existence of the repository or what?
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> In my experience, the alternative is that people republish your code on GitHub anyway, in which case you have a bunch of disconnected mirrors of your code under the same name as your project, none of which is obviously canonical.
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> If your code is going to wind up republished to GitHub anyway, having a mirror at least allows you to control the branding, point back to the original project, and ensure that it's clear which repositories are user-uploaded mirrors ("forks"), and which is the canonical mirror.

Yes, I can see the wisdom of that.