Added Package Management Process and linked it in Ports contributors documentation.

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Summary by Sourcery

Introduce comprehensive documentation for GhostBSD's package management process and update contributor resources to reference it.

Documentation:

• Add detailed documentation describing GhostBSD's three-tier package management process, including repository structure, package flow, configuration, and operational guidelines.
• Link the new package management process documentation from the main ports contributor index.

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Reviewer's Guide

This pull request introduces a new documentation page detailing GhostBSD's three-tier package management process and updates the ports contributor index to reference this new resource, clarifying repository roles and package flow for contributors and developers.

Flow diagram for GhostBSD's three-tier package repository system

flowchart LR
A[Unstable Repository]
B[Testing Repository]
C[Stable Repository]
D[Development]
E[Community Testing]
F[Production]
A -- Independent Development --> D
B -- Validation & Testing --> E
C -- User Deployment --> F
B -- After Testing --> C
D -. No automatic flow .-> B
D -. No automatic flow .-> C
A -. No automatic flow .-> B
A -. No automatic flow .-> C
B -- Promotion after validation --> C

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Flow diagram for package promotion and security updates

flowchart TD
subgraph Testing Repository
T1[Build Packages]
T2[Community Validation]
T3[Security Updates]
end
subgraph Stable Repository
S1[Sync Successful Packages]
S2[Expedited Security Sync]
end
T1 --> T2 --> S1
T3 -- Expedited Validation --> S2

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Flow diagram for FreeBSD release alignment in repositories

flowchart LR
F1[New FreeBSD releng branch created]
U[Unstable Repository]
T[Testing Repository]
S[Stable Repository]
F1 --> U
U -- Tracks new releng branch --> U
T -- Continues with current stable --> T
S -- Remains synced with Testing --> S

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File-Level Changes

Change	Details	Files
Added comprehensive documentation for the package management process.	Created a new 'package-process.md' file describing the three-tier repository system (unstable, testing, stable). Documented repository purposes, package flow, configuration, operational procedures, and historical context.	contributor/ports/package-process.md
Linked the new package management process documentation in the ports contributor index.	Added a link to 'package-process.md' in the 'index.md' for easy contributor access.	contributor/ports/index.md

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