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On Wednesday 20 December 2006 03:43, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo healthy?': |
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> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:18:41 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: |
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> > I can't think of any method to get real numbers. |
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> Add sys-apps/gentoo-phonehome to all system profiles :) |
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Damn you. I actually searched for that package. :P |
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As long as it is voluntary, I generally install programs that allows me to |
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report my hardware and software configuration so my distributor knows how |
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to focus its resources. Is Gentoo interested in this information? Is |
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there a relevant package? |
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> Or do what Ubuntu did and default all installs to use their time server, |
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> they can get a good estimate of the number of users from the time server |
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> logs. |
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I'm fairly sure the popularity-contest package is part of a standard |
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(K)Ubuntu install. (It regularly reports the packages you have installed; |
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It's not required.) That's probably more accurate that time server logs, |
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since I believe the Canonical time server are also part of the pool |
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rotation. |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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