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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:04:34 +0100
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo list stats?
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On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:59:57 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:

>    Not meaning to cause too much of a hubbub but I was surprised at
> how much email traffic has fallen off for the Gentoo lists over the
> last couple of years. I suspect that some of this is folks moving to
> less technical environments - maybe Ubuntu or Arch - but still I was
> surprised that it was something like a 60% drop since the high in
> 2006.

It could be a sign of the maturity of Gentoo. If there are less problems
there will be less posts, since there are very few threads starting with
"I did a world update today and everything worked perfectly".

> I was also surprised at the drop off on gentoo-dev as it sort of
> correlates with my impression of bugs not being addressed as fast
> these days.

Or they are spending more time developing and less time flaming one
another these days?


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Neil Bothwick

Guillotine operator wanted. Chance to get ahead.

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