On Saturday 10 May 2008, davecode@(protected):
> Hi,
>
> We plan to eval Gentoo. We await 2008 final.

Why? What features are you expecting?

> The comment is, Gentoo
> home page gives no clue about status. Convincing people that Gentoo
> is "alive" becomes tricky because the final is months late and little
> motion on the home page. That's about all most people inspect.

You are right, many people take conclusions from superficial looks.

> So bottom line, impressions of Gentoo are going south even before we
> test.

I don't think we should make Gentoo more appealing, you can attract
people that later will dislike its lack of eye-candy, better be
honest :-)

> Some sort of "progress bar" or chart showing bugs squashed and new
> reported, maybe?? At least some kind of "ticker" showing "expected
> final release date"? Counting lines of code or something?
>
> Personally I don't care when final ships - just knowing "present
> expectations" or status with an easy home page glance is all I ask.

Unlike other distros, Gentoo evolves linearly, not by leaps (releases).
Indeed there's no strong distinction between updates and upgrades, if
you keep it up-to-date, already have the latest "release".

Ciao
 Francesco

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