From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 20:54:06 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 8380B16A401 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:54:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spadge@fromley.net) Received: from queue01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (queue01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FED743D45 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 20:54:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spadge@fromley.net) Received: from aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060514204720.EEQG27969.mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 21:47:20 +0100 Received: from tobermory.home ([86.0.166.167]) by aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060514204720.UOSG24467.aamtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@tobermory.home> for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 21:47:20 +0100 Received: from [192.168.124.185] (jupiter.home [192.168.124.185]) by tobermory.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFD8DA734E for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 21:47:17 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <44679755.5010907@fromley.net> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 21:47:17 +0100 From: Spadge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ports@freebsd.org References: <44667EAF.10802@vonostingroup.com> <17511.16810.868922.107073@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20060514161533.I1279@ganymede.hub.org> <20060514171015.K1279@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20060514171015.K1279@ganymede.hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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 20:54:06 -0000 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > 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? > More or less. There is a world of difference between 'recorded' and 'collated'. Every server you ever download anything off is likely to keep logs of the event for an unspecified period. This doesn't mean that all these event logs are all getting kept in one central location and counted, though. Personally, I would have no issue with contributing information to such a scheme, but I would respect someone elses right to not be a part of it. Also, opt-in or opt-out makes no difference to me; so long as there is a choice, I am happy. -- Spadge "Intoccabile" www.fromley.com