On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Ramon Leon <ramon.leon at allresnet.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm aware of this problem and I already tried to push the Rio package
>> this way. I think I failed because I don't see much activity around
>> Rio. So maybe an inclusion in dev-images is not enough to advert a
>> package. I don't know.
>>
>> --
>> Damien Cassou
>
> I'd hate to see the dev image become a showroom for packages, I'd rather see
> it continue to be loaded with stuff most developers would load anyway.  A
> package should probably be fairly popular and useful to even be considered
> for inclusion in the dev image because as soon as I have to start taking
> things out of it, I'll stop using it and go back to building my own.

This is the conclusion I also arrived at. However, things are not
properly defined: how do you determine the popularity of a package?
what is the threshold?

-- 
Damien Cassou
Peter von der Ahé: «I'm beginning to see why Gilad wished us good
luck». (http://blogs.sun.com/ahe/entry/override_snafu)