active contributors and supporting distro foo

[Kelson]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Pekka Savola wrote: 
>>  - 90% of relevance: whether the distro has (enough) active
>>    contributors
>>  - 10% of relevance: whether there are sufficient number of users to
>>    make the effort worth the trouble of the active contributors
>>  - Only those who are or would be active contributors have a say in
>>    making a decision whether to support "foo" or not.
> 
> So, if there are lots of volunteers to support a completely abandoned
> version of software, you think it "should" be supported?

It seems to me that rather than debating about which condition is more 
relevant, we would be better served by stating:

There are two necessary (but not sufficient) conditions for a distro to 
remain supported:
1. It must have enough active contributors.
2. It must have enough users that the effort is worth it.

It's a simple AND operation.  If either condition is false, the other is 
irrelevant -- percentages don't come into it.  If both are true, then FL 
can decide whether to support it beyond the standard policy.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>