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Steve Youngs <sryoungs@bigpond.net.au> writes:

> I think it depends on which forums you hang out in.  

I ran some stats on the all groups in the newsserver, but they are
pretty dated.  Back then the bundled version was more popular than the
rest combined.

> Although
> just looking at the User-Agent header doesn't tell me where they got
> Gnus from.

The version bundled with Emacs tend to have a unique version number,
different from the XEmacs packages and Lars' distribution.

> Gnus.org is the upstream for the Gnus bundled with Emacs, not the
> other way around.

That was not the question.

Basically, I consider getting the software out where non-enthusiasts
use it part of the release process.  Otherwise, the project risks
getting too inbreed, with a few people writing for each other.