Is "MacPort" a valid term?

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am 25.06.2008 um 07:21 schrieb Ryan Schmidt:

>
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 21:21, Zav Public wrote:
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>> What are these ports?  What do they constitute?  Is there a term that
>> can define them?
>
> They are software packages. I can't think of a more specific term
> that would still apply to all ports.
>
> MacPorts is a package manager, or a package management system:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system
>
> So we could say we install packages. Instead, for now, we say we
> install ports, because the term "port" is used by the FreeBSD ports
> project which inspired MacPorts. This causes confusion with other
> uses of the word "port" (a software network connection; a physical
> connector on an electronic device; the process of rewriting software
> from one platform so it runs on another). However, the term "package"
> would also cause confusion on Mac OS X, because Apple uses the term
> "package" for software installed through its Installer program, and
> MacPorts does not make use of this.
>

how about "packs" then? Or "MacPacks" if you want so …

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regards,

	Lars