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On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 2:03 PM Norbert Pfeiler <
norbert.pfeiler+mingw-...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I, too, think alphabetical order is seen as intentionally unbiased.
> It’s not like there are 3 projects starting with AAA anyway.
>
> > (except for the fact that there should be two lists and not one)
> Why do you think there should be 2 lists?
> I would split it in native and cross toolchains.
>
> Additionally, since I can’t edit this myself now:
> msys2 has gcc 6.1.0 and also offers all the languages (like debian or
> ubuntu)
>
> Regards, Norbert.
>
> On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 1:31 PM Adrien Nader <adr...@notk.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 05, 2016, NightStrike wrote:
>> > On Sep 4, 2016 6:50 PM, "Adrien Nader" <adr...@notk.org> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Additionaly, the list of projects using mingw-w64 is now sorted and
>> > > always displayed in full.
>> >
>> > This was always randomized on purpose, and for very good reason: we
>> don't
>> > want to give preferential treatment to projects based on names starting
>> > with 'A'. We'd like to give equal exposure to all.
>>
>> I still have a few things to improve for this but the drawbacks to
>> randomizing are a bit too big for my taste.
>>
>> - users find the order weird
>> - users find the order changes weird
>> - the current implementation relies on javascript and makes the list
>>   change suddenly
>> - some search engine bots *really* dislike that links come and go
>>
>> Meanwhile the links are not at the top of the page at all and are quite
>> clearly sorted alphabetically (except for the fact that there should be
>> two lists and not one) which makes me not worried about this.
>>
>> --
>> Adrien Nader
>>
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