Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:13:03 -0800 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: results of ports re-engineering survey Message-ID: <1022BEDA-8641-4686-AB1A-3FE2D688F47F@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <475F7390.9090509@gmail.com> References: <475F7390.9090509@gmail.com>
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[admin note: cut down on ridiculous crossposting] On Dec 11, 2007, at 21:37 , Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Number of responses: roughly 30 I just wanted to pick up on this particular number. Your survey went to (at least) freebsd-ports, freebsd-current, freebsd- stable, and freebsd-questions. Judging by the original cc's on this message, it would appear that freebsd-chat and freebsd-hackers were also somehow involved, but not being subscribed to those lists, I wouldn't know. Now, would you care to guess at the number of subscribers on those lists? Hint, total number is in the thousands. Let's, for the sake of argument, call it 3,000. (It is, of course, much higher) But, given this finger-in-the-air readership number, by your own admission, you have hit exactly 1% of a self-selected group (by virtue of being subscribed to the lists in question). Let's not even mention the bazillions (technical term) of FreeBSD consumers that don't subscribe to any list. And from this, you extrapolate new concepts which conveniently involve others doing the heavy lifting. I'm done being nice with you. Get a grip. Show some code. Heck, show some *prototypes* of code. But don't hide behind "I don't want my views to color things" when it is patently obvious to anyone at or above the sentient level of a single celled organism that you really have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. The cast-off line at this point would be to point you in the direction of <random Linux distro>. Only, in this case, I wouldn't wish that on my penguin-orientated friends. -aDe
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