alternative options for ports

[Sebastian Schulze Struchtrup]

>>IMHO, what we're discussing here, as many people more or less
>>directly pointed out, are the differences between a binary
>>oriented installation system, versus the source oriented
>>FreeBSD ports system.
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>This is a misunderstanding on your part. FreeBSD (ports) isn't "source 
>oriented". Gentoo is source oriented. Packages built from ports are not just 
>some weird side-product, port maintainers need to actively care about the 
>packages produced from their ports.
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I think this issue is quite important as there seems to be some 
misunderstanding by some people (including myself).
This should probably be put somewhere into the porter's handbook.
Probably into section 17 Dos and Don'ts. I will check where it would fit 
best and prepare something.