Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:47:53 -0700 From: Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> To: scrappy@freebsd.org Subject: BSDStats v6.0 now available Message-ID: <B0BDB236-79F3-473E-B41A-D506D49846E8@hub.org>
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Hi =E2=80=A6 If you have never heard of it, BSDStats <http://bsdstats.org/>; is a = sampling of users of the given BSD operating systems that opted to = install a data collection program. It is not representative in any way = of the total population of users/installations of the given BSD = operating systems. For those security minded (all of us?), this is a completely Anonymous = Collector. When you run it the first time, a KEY/TOKEN pair is = generated between the client and the server, and stored in = /var/db/bsdstats =E2=80=A6 that pair is used in all communications, and = works perfectly well through PROXY servers, as we DO NOT store / use = your hostname or IP at any point. Over the past several weeks, there has been work done to fix some issues = with BSDStats 5.x, with the following bugs fixed: * Fixed the problem that few last packages in the list were always = missing from submission (patch originally developed by Marc) * Optimization of collection of installed packages information = (bug#198650) * Added TOR port option to submit anonymously (bug#198679) * Fixed the problem that HTTP_PROXY option didn't work when = user/password were required * Reduced the effect of -nodelay, before it also prevented the = submission of package information * Fixed the problem that port submission also contained the duplicate of = device submission * Added bsdstats-update command to make it easier to run manually * Made all network submissions done through the single command (nc(1)) * Fixed the bug that 'Run now' feature wasn't working when built from = port * Fixed the problem that failures of package information submission were = silently ignored * Fixed typo * Made 300.statistics script to have consistent coding style * Extensive code cleanups in 300.statistics * Made log file more informative * Added BSD license Thanks to Yuri for the work on cleaning it up, and working to update the = port, and Gene for testing it on NetBSD. To update your script, please go to our Instructions Page = <http://bsdstats.org/bt/instructions.html>; =E2=80=A6 a Package for = FreeBSD is available there (the port in /usr/ports/sysutils/bsdstats is = scheduled to be updated over the next week or so) =E2=80=A6 for = NetBSD/OpenBSD users, we have a Bash version that is available =E2=80=A6 = its the same code as the FreeBSD version, but due to an issue with the = standard shell, bash is required. NetBSD / OpenBSD are the only non-FreeBSD systems we=E2=80=99ve been = able to get confirmed so far =E2=80=A6 if someone can confirm BASH vs = non-BASH versions on their OS and let me know, I can update the site. Also, any bugs with the web site, please let me know and we=E2=80=99ll = see about getting it fixed. And, of course, any questions, please feel free to email me.=
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