Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 10:41:46 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Has the port collection become to large to handle. Message-ID: <17511.16810.868922.107073@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEABHHAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com> References: <44667EAF.10802@vonostingroup.com> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEABHHAA.fbsd@a1poweruser.com>
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fbsd writes: > Comments have been posted about how to determine in a fair way > which ports would be included in the most commonly used category? > > The solution to that concern is pretty easy to do. Modify the > master make code to post a count to a special purpose FreeBSD > website by passing it a cookie. Now every time a any user runs > the port "make install" that special purpose FreeBSD website will > be accessed counting how many times that port is really executed. That works fine ... right up until some goober <waves hand> has to rebuild four times because they didn't understand the options, or it conflicted with something else, or needed to be reinstalled after a system crash, etc.. And even if the technolgy works, I understand the position of the poster who doesn't want others knowing what is installed. At best it would be optional and on an "opt-in" basis; this means large numbers of people won't ... and there goes confidence in the rest of the data. Robert Huff
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