On 2020-04-26 15:46, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:38:54 +0200 > Thomas Deutschmann <whi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> Let's assume we will get reports that app-misc/foo is only installed 20 >> times. If you are going to judge based on this data, "Obviously, nobody >> is using that package, it's stuck on <whatever>... safe to remove" your >> view is biased: > > I see this as more like what bloom filters get you, but in reverse: > > [...] > > - But now, instead of having "we don't know if anybody uses this", you > *can* have a "we know for sure somebody uses this".
But how does that information really help us to decide anything in the end? Case A, stats are showing 0 users: Like said, we can't know if this is true or if this package is only used in setups where people don't report stats. Case B, stats are showing x users: Now what? Package from case A could have similar users -- we just don't know. Assume firefox has 1.000 users, chromium has 500 users and vivaldi doesn't show up in stats. How does that help us? Would this allow us to skip publishing GLSAs for vivalid because we assume nobody in Gentoo is using vivaldi? Does it allow Python project to go forward pushing a mask for removal in case vivaldi would depend on Python version, Python project want to get rid of? Would this allow Gentoo PR to make a public statement like "Firefox is the most popular browser in Gentoo, twice as users as chromium"? Yes it would be a signal but a useless signal, not? -- Regards, Thomas Deutschmann / Gentoo Linux Developer fpr: C4DD 695F A713 8F24 2AA1 5638 5849 7EE5 1D5D 74A5
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