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On 17:19 Wed 08 Jun , "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: |
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> On 6/8/11 4:36 PM, Vikraman wrote: |
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> > I'm working on the `Package statistics` project this year. Till now, I |
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> > have managed to write a client and server[0] to collect the following |
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> > information from hosts: |
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> Excellent, good luck with the idea! I think that better information |
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> about how Gentoo is actually used will greatly help improving it. |
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> > Is there a need to collect files installed by a package ? Doesn't PFL[1] |
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> > already provide that ? |
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> Well, PFL is not an official Gentoo project. It might be useful, but I |
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> wouldn't say it's a priority. |
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I would love to see it happen, but it's more important to roll out a |
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minimal working solution now and add on later. |
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By combining installed files with USE flag settings, this project could |
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actually attempt to factor out which USE flags result in which files in |
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an automatic fashion. That would address one of the biggest objections |
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many people have had to such a package-to-file search engine. |
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It would also be pretty useful for some other GSoC projects, like the |
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ebuild generator and the auto dependency scanner. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.com |
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