On Thursday 03 September 2009 17:59:57 Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > I'm wondering whether these stats are correct? They are captured > from this page: > > http://archives.gentoo.org/ > > If these stats are both correct and complete then I find them > interesting, and maybe a bit disappointing. If they are incorrect then > nothing below matters. > > 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. 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.
In a lot of ways, distros are like fashion statements, complete with current flavours of the week. 3 years ago Gentoo was on a high but a lot of those fanboys have gone elsewhere or maybe to the forums. Personally, I don't care. I perceive that there has always been about the same amount of good quality mail on this list. 3 years ago we had about what we have now plus a whole bunch of help-me-pleeeeeeez! whingers and way too much flaming. We really need the first category - it's what makes this the best list I'm subscribed to - and are better of without the other two. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
