I wrote the Filename hierarchy standard for MacPorts. I know there's already porthier(7), but I thought it would be nice to have more specific standard.
So is this meant to replace porthier(7)? Than you should write it up as a patch for the manual page. I don't think we need yet another place for it. Coordinate with markd and simon on this.
No, I meant to replace hier part of the Guide. After this change, porthier change would be followed.
This document defines the standard placement of file and directory installed by MacPorts. This document also intended to replace the existing porthier(7)[1]. Every ports in MacPorts project should follow this standard. Most of this based on hier(7)[2].
The hier part of the guide is meant to provide the source for the porthier.7 man page. It doesn't right now, but we are intending to base all manpages on the guide very shortly, so changing the guide is how to get the man pages changed. Right now the guide has the most up-to-date information because of this pending new way.
I'm not really qualified to comment on the technical merits of your proposal. But I'd be happy to look over what you've written for style and format if it passes approval by our base developers. Mark