Re: counting packages (was Re: Fedora Package Status of Aug 12, 2008)

2008-08-20 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 12:44 -0700, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 01:35 +0200, Christian Iseli wrote: > > > Owners stats: > > - 6517 packages > > - 10799 binary rpms in devel > > Darn, I was afraid of that. We are all perfectly aware that one package > (tarball + spec file

Re: The Education Strategy

2008-08-20 Thread David Nalley
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Jack Aboutboul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I realize that some people have been confused, perplexed and perhaps annoyed > at the lack of information being disseminated about what is going on > vis-a-vis some programs being planned in the educati

Re: counting packages (was Re: Fedora Package Status of Aug 12, 2008)

2008-08-20 Thread Jonathan Roberts
And I think some of the binaries may be repeated for certain arches, right? But to me, saying "10,000" isn't disingenuous. It's simple and effective and essentially truthful. And it's what users can get, which is the central issue. How does our terminology compare to other distributions

Re: The Education Strategy

2008-08-20 Thread William Cattey
Jack, Your scope and rationale make 100% good sense to me. I see the Campus Reps and RHH initiatives as places were MIT and Fedora can more fully engage. Well done! -Bill William Cattey Linux Platform Coordinator MIT Information Services & Technology N42-040M, 617-253-0140, [EMAIL P

Re: The Education Strategy

2008-08-20 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Firstly, let me say that from what I know of the work you're doing with education it's really exciting and got loads of potential. In fact I think it's one of the most exciting things happening in Fedora at the moment! 1. Open Source Curriculum - We are working with a talented group of

Re: counting packages (was Re: Fedora Package Status of Aug 12, 2008)

2008-08-20 Thread Jeff Spaleta
2008/8/19 Karsten 'quaid' Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Owners stats: >> - 6517 packages >> - 10799 binary rpms in devel > > Darn, I was afraid of that. We are all perfectly aware that one package > (tarball + spec file) can yield more than one binary rpm. Would it be better to consistently star

Re: The Education Strategy

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Jack Aboutboul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I realize that some people have been confused, perplexed and perhaps annoyed > at the lack of information being disseminated about what is going on > vis-a-vis some programs being planned in the educati

Re: counting packages (was Re: Fedora Package Status of Aug 12, 2008)

2008-08-20 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Jeff Spaleta wrote: 2008/8/19 Karsten 'quaid' Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Owners stats: - 6517 packages - 10799 binary rpms in devel Darn, I was afraid of that. We are all perfectly aware that one package (tarball + spec file) can yield more than one binary rpm. Would it be better to consist