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From: Kent Fredric <kentnl@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Ideas for gentoostats implementation
Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 19:38:52
Message-Id: 20200506073838.0e7f9157@katipo2.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Ideas for gentoostats implementation by Thomas Deutschmann
1 On Tue, 5 May 2020 02:47:48 +0200
2 Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > Yes it would be a signal but a useless signal, not?
5
6 "There are no users reported using this dist, so we can nuke it" is
7 still far far superior to "there are no reverse dependencies, so we can
8 nuke it"
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10 *Even* when the former is false information.
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12 As presently, the "no reverse dependencies, therefore nuke" essentially
13 asserts there *are* no users to consider.
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15 So the *worst* case scenario for decisions made with these statistics
16 is our *current* case.
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18 Even if *nobody* uses the service and *all* results indicates "nobody
19 uses anything", then we'll just be reverting to what we currently do:
20 Remove things entirely on conjecture that they're not useful.