Re: Ports disappeared from www.debian.org?
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 06:04:20PM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote:
> I really meant to push the point of keeping the ports link when your first
> removed it. I guess my lone comment wasn't strong enough. :)
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:16:00PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> >
> > (Before you complain, I didn't pick that confusing term for the section
> > name.)
> >
> /me ducks. Why not simply call it 'Getting Debian' or 'Installing
> Debian'. The current subsections would work fairly well with those:
> Release Info
> Debian Packages
> Download with FTP
> Debian on CD
> and
> Ports
> The only thing confusing about this is that it is rather x86 centric.
> I would just add the Ports link back in and deal with this as part of a
> reorganization of the pages (an idea that has been brought up randomly
> over the last 1.5 years).
The term 'Ports' itself is in effect an i386-ism. Supported
Architectures is much more descriptive to non-developer types.
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