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On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 12:00:32PM +0200 or thereabouts, foser wrote: |
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> > * how it will accommodate devs who do not already have a blog. |
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> Thats really up to the devs themselves, there are numerous ways to get a |
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> blog going. I don't see why a planet GLEP should be so much more |
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> complicated by adding requirements like this (which seem mainly your |
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> personal view on what should be done afaics). |
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It's a requirement to ensure as many devs as possible are able to use it. |
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We have a finite amount of resources, so the goal is to ensure that the |
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projects we devote those resources to are used by as many devs as possible. |
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> > * how we will measure whether or not it is 'successful'. |
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> Mere page hits ? If we'd stop publishing things based on success rate we |
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> might close down half the site I bet. |
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If it makes you feel more warm and fuzzy, replace "successful" with "used". |
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My point, which you seem to have overlooked, was that if this product is |
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not being used, we should not waste the time and resources to support it. |
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> It's a planet, it's an aggregated feed of blogs that already exist. Even |
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> with a few devs posting only once a week there will be enough traffic. |
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> This sounds a bit like "If we don't get 10k syncs a day, we'll delete |
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> the whole tree, it's no use otherwise". We used to push new ideas, now |
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> we inhibit it with dry bureaucracy. |
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Others will call me crazy, but I'm still confident that, one of these days, |
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you're going to post an email to a gentoo mailing list that is positive, |
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uplifting and doesn't leave the reader feeling like they want to commit |
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suicide after they've finished reading it. I still have hope in you, |
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foser!!! |
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hugs and kisses. |
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--kurt |
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