Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of DarwinPortsDotCom

Timestamp:

Jan 10, 2024, 11:07:11 AM (11 months ago)

Author:

ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Comment:

Use non-dead URLs and add a mention of ports.macports.org

DarwinPortsDotCom

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 '''Note: As of 2014, the site described on this page no longer exists. The former owner allowed the domain to expire, and the new owner is not using it for anything related to OS X software. The information below is preserved for historical purposes.'''
 
-In 2004, when the MacPorts project was still called !DarwinPorts, Mat Caughron, who is not affiliated with the project, registered the domain darwinports .com. He initially [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/4702 offered to work with the DarwinPorts project] or even [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/5686 transfer the domain's ownership], but nothing ever happened with that and the site continued to be run separately, often [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/14457 confusing] and [http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2008-January/004051.html frustrating] our users.
+In 2004, when the MacPorts project was still called !DarwinPorts, Mat Caughron, who is not affiliated with the project, registered the domain darwinports .com. He initially [https://web.archive.org/web/20091123093537/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/4702 offered to work with the DarwinPorts project] or even [https://web.archive.org/web/20090905035318/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/5686 transfer the domain's ownership], but nothing ever happened with that and the site continued to be run separately, often [https://web.archive.org/web/20090905035308/http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.opendarwin.darwinports/14457 confusing] and [https://lists.macports.org/pipermail/macports-dev/2008-January/004051.html frustrating] our users.
 
 == Recommendations == #recommendations
 
-Users are advised not to refer to darwinports .com for any information about the MacPorts project. Instead, refer to [http://www.macports.org/ the official MacPorts web site], [http://guide.macports.org/ the MacPorts Guide], and [wiki: the MacPorts Wiki]. Users who find web sites with links to darwinports .com are asked to please refer their owners to this wiki page.
+Users are advised not to refer to darwinports .com for any information about the MacPorts project. Instead, refer to [https://www.macports.org the official MacPorts web site], [https://guide.macports.org the MacPorts Guide], [wiki: the MacPorts Wiki], and [https://ports.macports.org the ports web site]. Users who find web sites with links to darwinports .com are asked to please refer their owners to this wiki page.
 
-Web site owners are asked not to provide links to darwinports .com and to instead link to [http://www.macports.org/ the official MacPorts web site].
+Web site owners are asked not to provide links to darwinports .com and to instead link to [https://www.macports.org the official MacPorts web site] or individual port pages in [https://ports.macports.org the ports web site].
 
 == Issues == #grievances