From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 20:11:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88BBF16A402 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:11:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1730743D45 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:11:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3E77290C1F; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:11:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 44446-01; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:11:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-7-151-244.eastlink.ca [71.7.151.244]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 270AC290C1E; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:11:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F30AE5E058; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:11:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23875DF57; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:11:12 -0300 (ADT) Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 17:11:12 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Robert Huff In-Reply-To: <20060514161533.I1279@ganymede.hub.org> Message-ID: <20060514171015.K1279@ganymede.hub.org> References: <44667EAF.10802@vonostingroup.com> <17511.16810.868922.107073@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20060514161533.I1279@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Has the port collection become to large to handle. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 20:11:15 -0000 On Sun, 14 May 2006, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> 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. > > So, make it 'opt-out' instead ... by default, it logs, and you can turn it > off if you don't like it ... Just as an aside ... you also do realize that each and every time you download the source code to build these ports, all that information is aleady being recorded, right? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664