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Hi all, |
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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 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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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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Dan Armak |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team |
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Matan, Israel |