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On Saturday 10 May 2008, davecode@××××××××××.net wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> We plan to eval Gentoo. We await 2008 final. |
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Why? What features are you expecting? |
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> The comment is, Gentoo |
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> home page gives no clue about status. Convincing people that Gentoo |
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> is "alive" becomes tricky because the final is months late and little |
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> motion on the home page. That's about all most people inspect. |
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You are right, many people take conclusions from superficial looks. |
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> So bottom line, impressions of Gentoo are going south even before we |
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> test. |
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I don't think we should make Gentoo more appealing, you can attract |
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people that later will dislike its lack of eye-candy, better be |
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honest :-) |
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> Some sort of "progress bar" or chart showing bugs squashed and new |
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> reported, maybe?? At least some kind of "ticker" showing "expected |
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> final release date"? Counting lines of code or something? |
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> Personally I don't care when final ships - just knowing "present |
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> expectations" or status with an easy home page glance is all I ask. |
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Unlike other distros, Gentoo evolves linearly, not by leaps (releases). |
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Indeed there's no strong distinction between updates and upgrades, if |
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you keep it up-to-date, already have the latest "release". |
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Ciao |
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Francesco |
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