wiki:RemovedFeatures

Version 3 (modified by jmroot (Joshua Root), 11 years ago) (diff)

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Removed features

This is a record of notable pieces of code that have been remove from MacPorts over the years due to disuse. It exists for historical interest and just in case bringing any of them back becomes desirable.

Remote indices

r109659

  • Remote SQL index via mports:// source type
  • Remote PortIndex fetched via http or ftp
  • Generation of port archives containing only Portfile and files/ dir for use with remote index

xpkg archive type

r105002

submit target

r103400

  • generation of 'portpkg' containing Portfile, files/ and metadata
  • 'submit' target that uploads portpkg to a server, allowing users to submit new ports
  • associated server code