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size=2>Possibly, though not statistically valid, perhaps, in the wider sense
(extreme internal activity can skew).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=359243416-02072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org
[mailto:squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Mariano Martinez Peck<BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 July 2008 5:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
The general-purpose Squeak developers list<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [squeak-dev]
[Squeak-dev Images] About the different flavors<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>What about
the times a package has been downloaded?<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Gary Chambers <<A
href="mailto:gazzaguru2@btinternet.com">gazzaguru2@btinternet.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Or,
perhaps more importantly, is it something that most developers would<BR>want
in their image.<BR>Tricky question, as always.<BR><FONT
color=#888888><BR>Gary.<BR></FONT>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org">squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org</A><BR>>
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org">squeak-dev-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org</A>]On
Behalf Of<BR>> Damien Cassou<BR>> Sent: 02 July 2008 4:36 PM<BR>>
To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list<BR>> Subject: Re:
[squeak-dev] [Squeak-dev Images] About the different<BR>>
flavors<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Ramon
Leon<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:ramon.leon@allresnet.com">ramon.leon@allresnet.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> >> I'm aware of this problem and I already
tried to push the Rio package<BR>> >> this way. I think I failed
because I don't see much activity around<BR>> >> Rio. So maybe an
inclusion in dev-images is not enough to advert a<BR>> >> package.
I don't know.<BR>> >><BR>> >> --<BR>> >> Damien
Cassou<BR>> ><BR>> > I'd hate to see the dev image become a
showroom for packages,<BR>> I'd rather see<BR>> > it continue to be
loaded with stuff most developers would load<BR>> anyway. A<BR>>
> package should probably be fairly popular and useful to even be<BR>>
considered<BR>> > for inclusion in the dev image because as soon as I
have to start taking<BR>> > things out of it, I'll stop using it and
go back to building my own.<BR>><BR>> This is the conclusion I also
arrived at. However, things are not<BR>> properly defined: how do you
determine the popularity of a package?<BR>> what is the
threshold?<BR>><BR>> --<BR>> Damien Cassou<BR>> Peter von der
Ahé: «I'm beginning to see why Gilad wished us good<BR>> luck». (<A
href="http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu"
target=_blank>http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu</A>)<BR>><BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>