On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:53:19AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Mar 20, Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> wrote: > > > It is still possible to install and run Lenny without the use of udev, > > and many people do so. > popcon shows that the number is trivial. Definitely not "many".
popcon tells me that there are 82953 people who have udev installed, and that this is 98.41% of the total amount of people who do popcon submission. 82953*100/98.41 = 84293 This means that of those who have popcon running, there are 1340 people who do not use udev. While 1.6% is indeed a rather small amount, I wouldn't call 1340 people 'trivial'. Moreover, while popcon is useful to order packages so that we can decide which package goes on which CD, I would be _very_ wary of using it to justify throwing software out of the archive. To be representative, statistical data has to be drawn from a *random* subgroup of people. This does not happen with popcon; as such, it is not entirely reliable. > > Whether you agree that this is useful or a 'toy' > > setup is beside the point; fact is that it happens, and if people want > > to work on this so that it remains being supported, why not? > Because it makes other packages more complex. That would be a good argument if you were to explain how, exactly, it would make other packages more complex. Can you give an example, please? -- <Lo-lan-do> Home is where you have to wash the dishes. -- #debian-devel, Freenode, 2004-09-22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org