Is "MacPort" a valid term?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 17:59, Watson Ladd wrote:

> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Jun 11, 2008, at 14:53, Ralph Pass wrote:
>>
>>> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>
>>>> What entities could MacPorts have?
>>>
>>> macboats?
>>> macships?
>>> maccanoes?
>>> macdocks?
>>> macpallets?
>>> macboxes?
>>> maccrates?
>>>
>>>
>>> :-)))
>>
>> I just knew this was coming. :)
>
> How about seeds? After all, they grow into ports for Apple machines.
>>

Cute! Though "seed" also has another connotation in the software  
industry (a pre-release version of something given to select  
individuals for testing) that we may not want.


Old Mac OS installers had some interesting names for the files they  
stored their bits in. I remember "Installer Tome", "System Morsels",  
"System Orts"... Maybe we could reuse one of these terms.

  * "Did you install the libiconv morsel?"
  * "Please upgrade the zlib ort."

"Ort" has the added advantage (or possibly confusion) that it's just  
one letter off from "port"...

sudo ort install....

MacOrts....