Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:24:20 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, bsd-unix@earthlink.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD branches stats Message-ID: <200610231524.k9NFOKJl060340@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20061023101548.c3cd605e.bsd-unix@earthlink.net>
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Randy Pratt wrote: > The numbers are definitely much too low to draw any conclusions > but they do raise some questions in my mind. Had I seen some > number of 3.x systems, the presence of 2.x boxes would seem less > conspicuous. True. > Speaking for myself, I would not object to bsdstats in the base > system but I'm almost sure it would be off by default. It doesn't have to be in the base system. It could be a port / package. And it's OK to make it off by default. > The problem > of making users aware of its existence would then arise. Two things: First, sysinstall should ask whether it should be enabled. (It could be done as part of the after-install configuration, where sysinstall also asks whether Linux emulation should be enabled etc.) Second -- and I think this is already the case -- if the bsdstats script is installed but not enabled in rc.conf, then the script outputs a message saying so and explaining how to enable it, so the user sees it in his monthly run output. > Perhaps > more users would participate if they knew it existed. Most certainly. > bsdstats has only been mentioned in a couple of mailing lists. > The present low numbers of reporting systems just reinforces my > perception that mosts users don't read the mailing lists so even > if it were included in the base system it might not get activated. Yes, I think so, too. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. C++: "an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog" -- Steve Taylor, 1998
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