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On Wednesday 06 May 2009, Tobias Klausmann wrote: |
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> I've been toying with the idea of offering something akin to |
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> Debians popularity contest tool. Some people are rather |
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> uncomfortable with data gathering tools that send stuff to some |
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> strangers, so I don't know how well it would work. I list this |
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> idea here, since I have just about no idea what actual alpha |
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> hardware is used with Gentoo out there. Knowing which packages |
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> are actually *used* (instead of just being stabilized for the |
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> heck of it) would be nice. Added benefit of that would be that |
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> users helping with testing would reduce workload. |
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Hi Tobias, |
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a late Happy Birthday from my side first. |
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Note that we have a Summer of Code student this year who is working on a |
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project to gather both hardware and software statistics from Gentoo |
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users. If you have any special requirements for your platform, I am |
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sure he has open ears. No need to invent two wheels at the same time. |
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I'm putting Sebastian in CC directly, if you are looking for the project |
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mentor, that is me. |
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Robert |
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