On Sunday 28 October 2007 07:10:57 pm Paul Wise wrote: > On 10/29/07, The Fungi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would consider its popularity low (187 popcon installs with 46 > > votes). > > I consider such fringe packages to be the main benefit of using > Debian. That is; it is the diversity (or universality) of Debian that > is attractive and useful. > > -- > bye, > pabs > > http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
Generally, I agree. But at some point a line should probably be drawn, where fringe packages are replaced by more popular ones. It's just a matter of resources; every package takes space, and if only a marginal number of people at best are using the package, it could be considered a mild waste of resources to keep them there. On the other hand, having "seemingly-useless" packages in the repository takes only disk space, and almost no bandwidth, and disk space is getting cheaper by the month. It may be worth keeping some of them around for those people who DO decide to use them. I suppose which of these is the best for any particular package would depend on, and available resources, but I would say a package with under 100 popcon installations (obviously not this one) is a candidate for examination, at least. -- Sincerely, Jack Mudge [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GPG Public Key can be found at: https://www.theanythingbox.com/pgp.htm Signatures are appreciated, email them to me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
