Don't underestimate how greatly people appreciate being saved a couple of minutes!
On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Niklas Hambüchen <m...@nh2.me> wrote: > On 06/05/13 17:46, Tillmann Rendel wrote: > > So what about this: Hackage could try to automatically collect and > > display information about the development status of packages that allow > > potential users to *guess* > > In my opinion, that's what we have now. > > Obtaining the info in the four points you mention from their respective > sources usually takes less than a minute in sum - hackage saving me that > minute would give me little added value. > > Having the metrics you mention is nice, but still they are just metrics > and say little the only thing that's important: > > Is there a human who commits themselves to this package? > > > I like the idea of displaying additional info about the status of > > package development, but I don't like the idea of annoying hard-working > > package maintainers with emails about their perfect packages > > I really think this is not too big of a deal, getting one email every 3 > months and clicking a few checkboxes. > > Probably fits into one cabal update. > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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