[gentoo-dev] Re: DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future

[Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org>]

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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.

> > Also, screw DW.
> 
> I'd be interested to hear details about your attitude off-list.

Sorry, bad way of putting what Jesús later said; we're not in competition.
DistroWatch scores are the least of our worries.


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