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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:08:43
Message-Id: 4AAD6D66.2060007@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: DistroWatch and Gentoo packages: status quo and future by Alex Legler
1 Alex Legler wrote:
2 > On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:25:19 -0500, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 >
5 >> Where are these referrer logs? I don't recall ever doing one of
6 >> those.
7 >>
8 >>
9 >
10 > They are in the web server logs. Apache includes them in the "combined"
11 > log format, or you can add them in a custom log format.
12 >
13 > So cooperation with Infra is required for this sort of analysis.
14 >
15 >
16 >> Hasn't it been said before that Gentoo polls are pretty difficult to
17 >> do and not very accurate?
18 >>
19 >
20 > I fail to see the difficulty of both creating and filling out a survey
21 > on a forums post.
22 > Also, accuracy is always an issue when doing online surveys as people
23 > can submit it multiple times, and there's always the kids that just
24 > click something out of boredom. Don't think that problem is specific to
25 > Gentoo polls.
26 >
27 > Alex
28 >
29
30 As has been said before, a lot of people don't go to the forums to see
31 the poll. I only go to the forums to search if I have a problem before
32 posting to the list. There may have been a dozen polls on the forums
33 and I would have no idea they happened.
34
35 Of course, the same could be said about doing a poll on the mailing
36 lists as well. Some Gentoo users that use the forums may not even know
37 the mailing lists exists.
38
39 I'm not sure any poll could really be accurate no matter which means is
40 used. Add in the kids you thought of and it just adds more confusion.
41
42 Dale
43
44 :-) :-)

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