[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    [gentoo-dev]  Re: DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future
From:       Ryan Hill <dirtyepic () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2009-09-12 2:24:02
Message-ID: 20090911202402.19ae0319 () gentoo ! org
[Download RAW message or body]


On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:02:44 +0200
Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org> wrote:

> Among other information the Gentoo page at DistroWatch [1] displays a
> table on about 200 selected packages [2] and how up to date Gentoo is
> per package.  I assume that DistroWatch is still one of the first places
> people go to get a feeling for a Distro they heard about, besides
> Wikpedia and ${distro}.org.
> 
> The freshness of these 200 packages have influence on how people
> perceive Gentoo on DistroWatch.  While the tree as a whole is what we
> should keep as up to date as possible keeping these 200 packages (list
> further down) up to date can therefore be of particular importance.

Personally I don't see how gaming the system helps us in any way.




Also, screw DW.

-- 
fonts,                             Character is what you are in the dark.
gcc-porting,
wxwidgets @ gentoo     EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662

["signature.asc" (application/pgp-signature)]

[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]