On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:15:34 +0200 Sebastian Pipping <webmas...@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. -- fonts, Character is what you are in the dark. gcc-porting, wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662
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