I second both suggestions. Although, as Homebrew and MacPorts are not the only games in town, I would change one paragraph to: « If Homebrew, Fink, NetBSD pkgsrc or Nix are already mentioned, […] » 😉
G. > Le 15 févr. 2022 à 16:45, Karl-Michael Schindler > <karl-michael.schind...@physik.uni-halle.de> a écrit : > > Hi. > > In order to promote MacPorts better, I think that port maintainers should > check the upstream Installation/Download section of their port’s homepage. In > many cases homebrew does a quite better job than MacPorts. I checked the > MacPorts documentation, but could not find an obvious place, where such a > hint to port maintainers would be good. I thought about the role and tasks of > maintainers or the homepage keyword. But neither did fit nicely. > Recommendations from anyone? > > My idea about a related docs text is: > > Port maintainers should check the Installation/Download sections on the > homepage of their port and suggest upstream an according text clip about the > installation suing MacPorts. If Homebrew is already mentioned, simply take > that subsection as a template and include the MacPorts install command for > your port. > > A second point is the pull request submission checklist. My suggestion: > > ——— > Have you > ... > [] checked the Installation/Download sections of the port’s homepage for > MacPorts being mentioned? > ——— > > Regards > > Karl-Michael Schindler, aka kamischi
