]] Neil Williams > Popcon indicates almost nothing - least of all popularity. The > weaknesses of popcon for archive-related questions is well documented. > It might give a hint but it is *not* a reliable indicator.
While it's not perfect, I'm not aware of any better tool we have. Relying on hearsay about what people install is worse. > 99% of the Debian machines I install have no means of communicating via > popcon - ever. What's installed on those is completely invisible. It does not matter how many machines are installed without popcon as long as it is installed on a representative sample. Whether that is the case is open for debate, but unless and until somebody comes up with a better tool and method than using popcon, that's what we have. [...] > Rubbish. Complete tosh. You might want to reconsider your choice of words. You're coming across as quite hostile in this thread. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
