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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo
From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz () gentoo ! org>
Date: 2009-09-29 1:08:52
Message-ID: 20090929010852.GC8424 () comet
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On 20:46 Sun 13 Sep , Ryan Hill wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:15:34 +0200
> Sebastian Pipping <webmaster@hartwork.org> wrote:
> > Ryan Hill wrote:
> > > Personally I don't see how gaming the system helps us in any way.
> >
> > I was afraid it could be read in such a way. Handing out fake version
> > numbers would be much easier, wouldn't it? I want every single package
> > int he tree to be stable, up to date and polished. But as our resources
> > are limited let's focus on packages that are most important first.
>
> That's actually what I meant by gaming the system. We could keep those
> particular packages up to the minute, but it wouldn't reflect the state of
> our distro as a whole. It's a false metric and I don't see the advantage in
> pandering to it. It's much more important that our packages actually work
> together than have the highest numbers.
At the same time, we also want to ensure that any badly out-of-date
packages on there aren't outliers that reflect poorly on our actual
average status. And frankly, having any way to monitor popular yet
outdated packages is a good thing.
--
Thanks,
Donnie
Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com
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