port install efficiency issue

[Joshua Root]

Darren Weber wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org
> <mailto:jmr at macports.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Darren Weber wrote:
>     > when I look at a Portfile, I also take a little time to check out
>     > darwinports and Debian packages to learn something about how these
>     > software are built and distributed.
> 
>     I'm confused - is this a slip of the keyboard? DarwinPorts no longer
>     exists, the name changed to MacPorts a few years ago.
> 
>     - Josh
> 
> 
> 
> Not exactly, I still find examples of darwinports online, eg:
> http://apache dot darwinports dot com/
> 
> Please enlighten me about this stuff.  I thought darwinports were the
> BSD variety, from which macports are copied or derived and adapted.  I
> sometimes get the impression these files are older than macports, yet I
> do find them a helpful reference sometimes.

<http://trac.macports.org/wiki/DarwinPorts>

- Josh