[MacPorts] #19300: ports.php: web site should have page about each port, not link to portfile

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Wed Apr 15 06:47:09 PDT 2009


#19300: ports.php: web site should have page about each port, not link to portfile
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  jmpp@…                 
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  Website & Documentation
Component:  website                  |     Version:                         
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                         
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Comment(by ryandesign@…):

 It looks like MPWA hasn't been touched in 2 years. We don't have it
 running on the server now, and back when we did, it looked pretty
 unfinished, at least visually. MPWA is written in ruby, a language I don't
 know and don't have time to learn and master.

 MPWA seems much more ambitious than just a better display of port info. It
 seems to aim to provide information about automated port builds, which we
 don't have, and to provide mechanisms to allow users to submit and vet new
 and updated ports.

 The MacPorts web site is written in PHP, a language I have used for close
 to a decade and know inside and out. It will not be a problem for me to
 implement the changes requested in this ticket, to solve the immediate
 problem. This does not preclude reviving MPWA later.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/19300#comment:4>
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