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On 2020-04-26 15:46, Kent Fredric wrote: |
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> On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:38:54 +0200 |
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> Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Let's assume we will get reports that app-misc/foo is only installed 20 |
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>> times. If you are going to judge based on this data, "Obviously, nobody |
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>> is using that package, it's stuck on <whatever>... safe to remove" your |
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>> view is biased: |
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> I see this as more like what bloom filters get you, but in reverse: |
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> - But now, instead of having "we don't know if anybody uses this", you |
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> *can* have a "we know for sure somebody uses this". |
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But how does that information really help us to decide anything in the end? |
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Case A, stats are showing 0 users: |
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Like said, we can't know if this is true or if this package is only used |
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in setups where people don't report stats. |
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Case B, stats are showing x users: |
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Now what? Package from case A could have similar users -- we just don't |
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know. Assume firefox has 1.000 users, chromium has 500 users and vivaldi |
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doesn't show up in stats. How does that help us? Would this allow us to |
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skip publishing GLSAs for vivalid because we assume nobody in Gentoo is |
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using vivaldi? Does it allow Python project to go forward pushing a mask |
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for removal in case vivaldi would depend on Python version, Python |
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project want to get rid of? Would this allow Gentoo PR to make a public |
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statement like "Firefox is the most popular browser in Gentoo, twice as |
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users as chromium"? |
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Yes it would be a signal but a useless signal, not? |
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Regards, |
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Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer |
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