On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 12:00 -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On 2/5/07, n0dalus <n0dalus+redhat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2/6/07, Jesse Keating <jkeating@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Heh, that's the game we're trying to play here, figure out what goes on and > > > what doesn't. > > > > It shouldn't be a game at all. We _need_ to be collecting stats on > > what packages are used the most and then using that to make informed > > decisions -- not just playing some game of pick and hope. > > > > Could this be done with one of the most-used mirror's access logs? > > +1 > > Perhaps then we'll stop excluding the F*#$@*# compiler from 'desktop > installs' since that kills some apps like gnofract4d and makes it > impossible to build little unix tools. Contrary to popular belief, > not everyone who needs the compiler is a developer. People who are > remarkably non-geeky can manage to ./configure; make ... at least > until they have to spend a day getting the all the -devel dependencies > installed which would have been pulled in automatically if they had a > developer/workstation install. :) /+1. People that use out-of-tree modules (E.g. webcams) and/or binary blob drivers (ATI, nVidia, etc) might find the lack of a compiler quite... err... amusing. - Gilboa -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list