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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 07:40:19PM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: |
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> Just an idea: what if users (those who agree, of course), when doing emerge |
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> rsync, transmit to the gentoo server anonymous info on which packages they |
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> have installed? If not, maybe at least the developers? |
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> The rationale: I have twice now faced a problem where a complex ebuild I |
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> built and commited quite some time ago wasn't functioning. And I said to |
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> myself, this is a very important program who's ebuild isn't working! If this |
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> was a generic problem I would be flooded with emails from the other people |
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> who use it! And I wanted to find these other people who used it, but there |
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> were none among the gentoo developers, and I couldn't contact any of the |
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> users. |
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This is confusing. What I read (and probably not what you ment to say) is |
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that when ppl try to use an ebuild that doesn't work, they will not tell us |
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about it? |
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> This way, we'll know what ebuilds are *known* to work properly - at least |
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> under some h/w configurations - and most importantly, in what combinations |
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> and revisions. And it will give the users a painless way to help us. |
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Many people find it quite painful to share details about their systems. |
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They tend to exagerate it into all kinds of personal invasion. Even when |
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there are perfectly good arguments that it is not. In something like this, |
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what people think it is has more weight than what it really is. |
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> Finally, we'll also know what packages are most often used, in what |
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> combinations, and thus (as far as we work for our users) what areas to |
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> concentrate upon. |
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> What do you think? |
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Other than my automatic rejection to collecting info, Someone wil have to |
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spend a good deal of time building the collection system. And right now I |
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think energy could be better spent elsewhere. |
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I can see how the information would be useful. And I would suggest a |
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script that users can run, view the collected infomation, and upload |
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somewhere over anything automatic. By putting the details into the hands |
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of the users, and letting them see exactly what they are going to send |
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(they wouldn't have to look at the contents, but we should give them the |
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chance) before they send it, people will likey be more comfortable about |
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sharing the info. |
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I imagin I just really confused things.... |
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Michael Tilstra tadpol@××××××.org |
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As a computer, I find your faith in technology amusing. |
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