> I note that the number of ports seem to be the number that are > distributable, as opposed to the total number. As I count it, there > are 6086 i386 packages, with some number of them being things > that users have to build. > > So is it best to tell the total number of ports, or just the ones > that are pre-compiled and available?
Incorrect. It lists the packages that will ship for each platform.

