Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo list stats?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 03 September 2009 17:59:57 Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
>    I'm wondering whether these stats are correct? They are captured
> from this page:
>
> http://archives.gentoo.org/
>
>    If these stats are both correct and complete then I find them
> interesting, and maybe a bit disappointing. If they are incorrect then
> nothing below matters.
>
>    Not meaning to cause too much of a hubbub but I was surprised at
> how much email traffic has fallen off for the Gentoo lists over the
> last couple of years. I suspect that some of this is folks moving to
> less technical environments - maybe Ubuntu or Arch - but still I was
> surprised that it was something like a 60% drop since the high in
> 2006. I was also surprised at the drop off on gentoo-dev as it sort of
> correlates with my impression of bugs not being addressed as fast
> these days.

In a lot of ways, distros are like fashion statements, complete with current 
flavours of the week. 3 years ago Gentoo was on a high but a lot of those 
fanboys have gone elsewhere or maybe to the forums. Personally, I don't care.

I perceive that there has always been about the same amount of good quality 
mail on this list. 3 years ago we had about what we have now plus a whole 
bunch of help-me-pleeeeeeez! whingers and way too much flaming. We really need 
the first category - it's what makes this the best list I'm subscribed to - 
and are better of without the other two.

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