[Foundation-l] depth

Nathan nawrich at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 16:42:36 UTC 2009


On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> To me, this indicates a problem with the metrics used to calculate depth.
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I'd say it indicates not that the depth calculations need to be tweaked, but
that they are intrinsically inaccurate and not meaningful and should be
disregarded altogether. They foster inter-project competition more than they
accomplish any other task; I personally don't think making projects
competitive (and encouraging work that does little besides increase the
depth mark) is the way to go.

Nathan



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