On (11/01/11 20:45), Mauro Santos wrote: -~> On 01-11-2011 17:34, Leonid Isaev wrote: -~> > On (11/01/11 16:40), Matej Ľach wrote: -~> > -~> I support this idea. -~> > -~> Keep most games in AUR and the more popular ones can have their -~> > -~> own repo [games] on a separate server. -~> > -~> This server could be community financed using donations and if not -~> > -~> enough interest will be raised for new repo, all these huge games -~> > -~> can be moved to AUR and the smaller ones can stay in [community]. -~> > -~> -~> > -~> That's my view at it. -~> > -~> -~> > -~> > +1, but what I can't understand is why the MiB size is a figure of merit? -~> > Instead a more relevant question, imho, is why waste server resources and time -~> > on bad software? -~> > -~> > Most of these games are either from 1990 era or developed simply for fun and -~> > have poor quality, especially compared to multi-million budgeted Windows games. -~> > And look at the number of game pkgs per TU in community. Most likely these -~> > packages are simply being routinely rebuilt without seeing much usage. -~> > -~> -~> So in short you mean the community should dismiss free linux games only -~> because they have low usage and are developed/maintained in the spare -~> time of their maintainers/developers, which most of the times have very -~> small or nonexistent budgets and instead favor multi-million budgeted -~> games which most of the times although pretty and shinny are utter -~> rubbish in every other respect. -~> -~> By that logic we might as well stop using gnu/linux in the desktop since -~> the global usage falls within statistical uncertainty levels or as some -~> would would like it to be, a rounding error. -~> -~> -- -~> Mauro Santos Games are like movies -- w/o budget they become reality shows. For comparison, gcc IS competitive with intel/PG compilers. Besides, what is the serious GPU (i.e. not Intel) support in linux, when you also consider performance? Similar to MacOS and well below Win. -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key ID: 164B5A6D Key fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D