Re: Stating the size of ecosystems in descriptions (Was: Re: Gauche description)

[Ricardo Wurmus]

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> On 2019-01-16 09:47, Pierre Neidhardt wrote:
>> Hi Gabriel!
>> 
>> Thanks for contributing Gauche to Guix!
>> I've noticed something strange however: in the description, you mention
>> 
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> There are currently 58 packages available.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> 
>> Isn't it shortsighted?  If another package is added upstream, then the
>> description won't match anymore.
>> 
>> Why mentioning it at all?
>
> It was my idea during review. I think it is a good idea to give the user
> a hint about the number of available packages that exist in the
> ecosystems/package-managers we package.

I’d prefer to not include numbers like that.

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Ricardo