www/joomla3 port installs from GitHub, why?

[Eugene Grosbein]

21.05.2018 2:02, Per olof Ljungmark wrote:

>> I may look into changing it, but if you generate a patch, I'll look at it. 
> 
> Easiest way to understand what I mean is to compare the official download at
> https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-8-7/Joomla_3-8-7-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip
> (42MB unzipped)
> 
> with the distfile from ports
> joomla-joomla-cms-3.8.7_GH0.tar.gz (71MB unpacked)
> 
> I never worked with the ports system so patching it for me would be too
> much. However, if you do not have the time I may know someone here that
> could do it.
> 
> Again, I think the port in its current state is designed for people who
> develop Joomla, not using it as a CMS like me.

One should not compare official end-user package with source downloads
because the port is supposed to build software from source and not install pre-built packages.

However, you can legitimately compare official end-user packages with our package
produced by the port, if you wish.