On 20.08.24 10:45, Simon Richter wrote:
Hi,
On 8/20/24 17:35, Bastian Venthur wrote:
That's what I thought too: we should somehow incorporate the popcon
value.
I disagree -- the users most affected by a removal are those who
automate installation, and those will not be running popcon.
Can you elaborate on that claim? I probably miss some context here, but
why do you think users most affected are the ones automating
installations and why do you think they won't be running popcon?
Popcon was introduced to determine which packages should go on the first
installation CDs, but it cannot ever produce an accurate picture of
which packages are actually used (and that was communicated clearly back
then, but seems to have been lost to the sands of time).
I think popcon does give a good approximation of how much percent of
people installed a certain package even if not everyone uses it, don't
you agree?
Last time I installed Debian it was still enabled by default.
Cheers,
Bastian
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