On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 19:56 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
I think that most of the updates we're seeing are:
1) New packages. We're burning through the review queue but we still
have hundreds backlogged. All of the packages that are built for
F-7 will generate an update announcement.
2) Updates to packages that, frankly, almost nobody has installed.
Yes, there are a ton of updates, but we have thousands upon
thousands of maintained packages. Most users who run the regular
update tools simply won't see the vast majority of these updates.
(People who install everything, however, get what they
deserve/explicitly requested.) It just looks like a massive amount
on the mailing list.
Not knowing the build environment or seeing the insides or being a
packages/maintainer, I would agree with Jason on both accounts above as
the reason for updates.
And #2 is especially dead on. Yes your going to see lots more updates,
or at least the perception, but actually *look* at the updates and see
what they are. More than 25%, if not 50%, are not even the *core*
packages, just addons. Not everyone is updating to those, and I bet not
even 50% of the userbase is even using the addons part. So I wouldn't
worry so much about how many updates.
And besides, I see it all the time, someone reports that "upstream
released a new version, 1.2.3-5", can you please put out an update.
Anyway, just my $.02 (not that it counts or anything hehe)
--
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
"Best little town on Earth!"