PortAuthority 2.6, my GUI for MacPorts, is now out. PortAuthority provides a graphical user interface for the MacPorts package management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful command-line tool for installing and updating a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac. Its power, though, comes at the cost of some complexity; in the past the only way to utilize MacPorts was to type in various commands into the Mac's Terminal application, which can be intimidating for those users without a Unix background.
PortAuthority aims to bring the power of MacPorts to the traditional Mac user by providing a user-friendly graphical interface to MacPorts. Using a familiar combination of windows, icons, and menus, PortAuthority users can search, install, update, and remove MacPorts programs and the MacPorts infrastructure itself. Among the features and improvements in this release: * Faster display of all MacPorts packages: only queries MacPorts database on startup and when package is installed or removed, not when "All" is selected from tree view. * Growl support: Now displays Growl notifications on systems with Growl installed. * Adds standard Mac "window" menu to better fit with system interface guidelines. * Preferences now update immediately on window close; no need to hit "save" button. Better compliance with system interface guidelines. * No longer connects to server on every startup to check for new version; user controls this process. * New "license" menu item displays user's serial number. * User help now online; eliminates use of OS X help viewer. PortAuthority is shareware; a license costs $24.95 and a 30-day demo is available. Mac OS X 10.4 is the minimum supported OS. PortAuthority is a universal binary. For more information about PortAuthority, including download links, see http://www.codebykevin.com/portauthority.html. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
