README

= MacPorts Contrib Area =

== What is this? ==

This directory contains projects which are related to MacPorts. But they are
not being shipped with the base code itself, instead you are supposed to check
them out from Subversion and build them yourself. Some of them are also
available as ports in the tree or are used as a base to create multiple ports.

mpab
    MacPorts Auto Build

    This is an attempt to write an build server for MacPorts which tests ports
    automatically.

mpblm
    BBEdit/TextWrangler MacPorts Language Module
    
    This is a syntax coloring language module for BBEdit or TextWrangler for 
    use when editting a MacPorts Portfile. See the Wiki page about it for more
    information:
    <http://trac.macports.org/wiki/BbeditLanguageModule>

mpwa
    MacPorts Web Application

    This will become a web application to access and manipulate ports.

select
    select tool

    This is used as a base for the ports gcc_select and python_select. It
    creates symlinks to switch between multiple versions of the same software.

MacPorts_Framework
    MacPorts.Framework

    This is an Objective-C Framework wrapper for the MacPorts Tcl API. 

port_cutleaves
    Uninstall "leaves" - ports that have no dependents.

    Inspired by FreeBSD's pkg_cutleaves, port_cutleaves is an interactive
    script that eases the uninstallation of "leaves" - ports that have no
    dependents.

== Support ==

In case of questions, to submit patches or if you want to add your software
to the contrib area, send mail to <macports-dev@lists.macports.org>.