> Thanks for your answer. Would a simple ftp server suffice?

Yes. You can see some of the variables used here:
http://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/base/src/package1.0/portarchivefetch.tcl#L53

> Besides, how to deal with the fact that source tarballs are not directly 
> stored in the distfiles directory, but rather in a sub-directory whose name 
> corresponds to that of the port?

As far as distfiles (the "distfiles" directory) go, you can mount over the 
entire directory: those are only needed to perform a source build. After the 
fact, they can be deleted or unmounted.

The binary archives (the "software" directory) must remain present on the 
system so it would be best to have these files transferred (ftp/http/scp/rsync).

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