On 20:46 Sun 13 Sep , Ryan Hill wrote:
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
Sebastian Pipping posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:00:03 +0200 as excerpted:
Duncan wrote:
[L]et's get some context here. layman's no difficulty at all, really,
when compared to the ordinary stuff we expect Gentoo users to do all
the time.
I think you forget about the learning curve: Gentoo
Duncan wrote:
Sebastian Pipping posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:00:03 +0200 as excerpted:
Duncan wrote:
[L]et's get some context here. layman's no difficulty at all, really,
when compared to the ordinary stuff we expect Gentoo users to do all
the time.
I think you forget about the learning
Jesús Guerrero posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:11:42 +0200 as excerpted:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:02:44 +0200, Sebastian Pipping
webmas...@hartwork.org wrote:
Among other information the Gentoo page at DistroWatch [1] displays a
table on about 200 selected packages [2] and how up to date Gentoo
Duncan wrote:
Jesús Guerrero posted on Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:11:42 +0200 as excerpted:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:02:44 +0200, Sebastian Pipping
webmas...@hartwork.org wrote:
Among other information the Gentoo page at DistroWatch [1] displays a
table on about 200 selected packages [2]
On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 09:36 -0500, Dale wrote:
Seriously, I doubt that the average Gentoo user comes from
Distrowatch.
Gentoo is born from a necessity which is very different from the
usual
binary distro. Gentoo has never been about fame or marketing.
- - I came here because of
Albert Hopkins wrote:
On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 09:36 -0500, Dale wrote:
Seriously, I doubt that the average Gentoo user comes from
Distrowatch.
Gentoo is born from a necessity which is very different from the
usual
binary distro. Gentoo has never been about
Dale wrote:
Good question. How would a person know if distrowatch leads people to
Gentoo or not? It's not like there is really any way to find out.
- analysing referrer logs
- doing polls
sebastian
Duncan wrote:
Agreed. Yes, overlays are perhaps a bit more trouble to setup than
simply maintaining normal tree updates once setup. But let's get some
context here. layman's no difficulty at all, really, when compared to
the ordinary stuff we expect Gentoo users to do all the time.
Sebastian Pipping wrote:
Dale wrote:
Good question. How would a person know if distrowatch leads people to
Gentoo or not? It's not like there is really any way to find out.
- analysing referrer logs
- doing polls
sebastian
Where are these referrer logs? I don't recall
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:25:19 -0500, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Where are these referrer logs? I don't recall ever doing one of
those.
They are in the web server logs. Apache includes them in the combined
log format, or you can add them in a custom log format.
So cooperation with
Alex Legler wrote:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:25:19 -0500, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
Where are these referrer logs? I don't recall ever doing one of
those.
They are in the web server logs. Apache includes them in the combined
log format, or you can add them in a custom log
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:08:38 -0500, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
As has been said before, a lot of people don't go to the forums to see
the poll. I only go to the forums to search if I have a problem
before posting to the list. There may have been a dozen polls on the
forums and I would
Alex Legler wrote:
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:08:38 -0500, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:
As has been said before, a lot of people don't go to the forums to see
the poll. I only go to the forums to search if I have a problem
before posting to the list. There may have been a dozen polls on
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
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
On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:02:44 +0200
Sebastian Pipping webmas...@hartwork.org wrote:
Among other information the Gentoo page at DistroWatch [1] displays a
table on about 200 selected packages [2] and how up to date Gentoo is
per package. I assume that DistroWatch is still one of the first
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