Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 16:16:22 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Has the port collection become to large to handle. Message-ID: <20060514161533.I1279@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <17511.16810.868922.107073@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <44667EAF.10802@vonostingroup.com> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEABHHAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com> <17511.16810.868922.107073@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Sun, 14 May 2006, Robert Huff wrote: > > fbsd writes: > >> Comments have been posted about how to determine in a fair way >> which ports would be included in the most commonly used category? >> >> The solution to that concern is pretty easy to do. Modify the >> master make code to post a count to a special purpose FreeBSD >> website by passing it a cookie. Now every time a any user runs >> the port "make install" that special purpose FreeBSD website will >> be accessed counting how many times that port is really executed. > > That works fine ... right up until some goober <waves hand> has > to rebuild four times because they didn't understand the options, or > it conflicted with something else, or needed to be reinstalled after > a system crash, etc.. Record port/portversion and IP where it was installed ... count based on unique installs ... > And even if the technolgy works, I understand the position of > the poster who doesn't want others knowing what is installed. At > best it would be optional and on an "opt-in" basis; this means > large numbers of people won't ... and there goes confidence in the > rest of the data. So, make it 'opt-out' instead ... by default, it logs, and you can turn it off if you don't like it ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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