[MacPorts] #1296: the online package search is very poor

[MacPorts]

#1296: the online package search is very poor
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  Reporter:  garry at ascii-turf.net  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect                |      Status:  closed                               
  Priority:  Normal                |   Milestone:  Website & Documentation              
 Component:  website               |     Version:  1.0                                  
Resolution:  fixed                 |    Keywords:                                       
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Changes (by jmpp at macports.org):

  * component:  www => website
  * milestone:  => Website & Documentation

Old description:

> i was really excited by the whole darwin ports thing (having had enough
> of fink for the next
> lifetime at least) but was almost dissuaded from installing it because
> the web search of available
> packages consistenly returned nothing (zip, nada, nout).
>
> e.g. i wanted to install lftp but the online search said that it wasn't
> in the database. thank god i
> went through and installed anyway because it is actually included.
>
> seems like a major flaw if you're trying to attract people to the system.
> you're under selling
> yourselves badly.

New description:

 i was really excited by the whole darwin ports thing (having had enough of
 fink for the next
 lifetime at least) but was almost dissuaded from installing it because the
 web search of available
 packages consistenly returned nothing (zip, nada, nout).

 e.g. i wanted to install lftp but the online search said that it wasn't in
 the database. thank god i
 went through and installed anyway because it is actually included.

 seems like a major flaw if you're trying to attract people to the system.
 you're under selling
 yourselves badly.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/1296#comment:2>
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