I've got a lot of *private* email in the recent weeks, from at least 4 persons who might be interested.
Guys, this is the wrong way to go about this. Just volunteer on this list, and start getting organized. As far as page setup goes, I don't want to give you a lot of input, because I don't want to restrict your efforts. I have no idea if my idea of a ports page would be the most useful. What I can tell is that, with sqlports, you can make a killer search engine, that would allow you to search for basically anything. I can also tell you that sqlports, as opposed to earlier efforts, has at least sensible treatment of sub-packages in multi-packages settings. So, a good presentation, multiple links, access to all the info you have... Probably add a locate database as well, so that you can search based on package file names instead of ports (I tried adding this info to the sql db, but it just bloats it by an insane amount, locate is much more efficient there). As far as language goes, good luck. I've got input for php, python, ruby... Surprisingly, no-one wants to do it as perl mason components (well...) What I can tell you is: the technology probably doesn't matter. You want to build a prototype, you want to see how it looks, offer it to people and get feedback. Then you throw the prototype away, and code something really nice. But the first step, as usual, is communication. I should have been more clear: I don't want to make private coordination of such a project. You are bright people, just post an initial messsage to get involved on ports@, then switch to private email. Get organized, and come back with an application when it's finished.
