"Deployments" page sends the wrong message

[Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>]

Hey all.

I just took a look at our Deployments page [1] in some detail. Here's
what I found regarding the linked reports [2] of deployments:

Summary:
      * 32 total
      * 12 broken (37.5%)
      * 18 >= 5 years old (56.25%)
      * Of the remaining 2 (6.25%) from the past two years:
              * 1 uses GNOME 2.28
              * 1 used GNOME 2.30
      * 0% use GNOME 3.2
      * 0% use GNOME 3.0
      * 0% use GNOME 2.32

Details:
      * Austria: 2005
      * Belgium: 2006, 2003, (broken)
      * Germany: 2005
      * Ireland: (broken), 2004
      * Italy: 2005
      * Macedonia: 2005
      * Spain: 2003, 2005, 2010 (but GNOME 2.28)
      * United Kingdom: (broken), (broken), (broken)
      * South America: 2003, (broken), 2004, 2005, (broken), (broken)
      * Australia: (broken; references GNOME 2.8)
      * China: 2005, (broken), 2003, (broken)
      * India: 2011 (but GNOME 2.30)
      * USA: 2002, (and a reference to 2005)
      * Canada: 2005
      * Other Resources: 2004, (broken)

My Opinions:
      * At the best, what this page communicates to the outside world
        (possibly including institutions considering whether or not to
        deploy GNOME) is that we have some serious cruft removal to do
        with respect to our marketing content.
      * At the worst, it suggests that modern/current deployments do not
        see GNOME 3.x as a viable option.
      * Are either of these messages something we wish to convey? I
        would argue no. 
      * Were it me, I would investigate the present status of all of the
        existing deployments, remove those which are no longer valid,
        solicit new reports from those which are valid, investigate
        additional/"missing" deployments, and highlight those which are
        based on GNOME 3. And if this cannot be done, I'd remove the
        page entirely from our site because I do not think it helps our
        cause.
      * (It won't be me because I am busy contributing to the effort to
        ensure that we are accessible to users who are blind. ;) )

For what it's worth....

Take care.
--joanie

[1] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/GnomeDeployments
[2] As opposed to generic/institute sites