From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 16:53:16 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 BED5016A4FA for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:53:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from buhnux@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49FB443D7F for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:53:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from buhnux@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id o67so3516009pye for ; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:53:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=RC8FIdMagatX5nXKQT+iDA+LIU0urFtTimPAQdNm+AS1mSLmsRscT0btva+hEQus201h5LEQlinsGAEVpPw1h3TiHzeAcIZ/luFZSUh7S0tSpSj+ofv3wdyv+5frJO0pUkqbNCotGD3VIgp1NmmcxN+frNWlALiZ0+tIKWnhqdU= Received: by 10.35.108.12 with SMTP id k12mr12829528pym; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.90.6 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:53:03 -0400 From: "michael johnson" Sender: buhnux@gmail.com To: "Alexey Dokuchaev" In-Reply-To: <20060905163409.GA63018@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20060905163409.GA63018@FreeBSD.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2adae2e5c9eb75bd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: ports@freebsd.org, scrappy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD stats project: what about packages? 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: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:53:17 -0000 On 9/5/06, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > Hello, > > Firstly, great movement and thanks for doing this. However, I think > idea of BSD statistics project can be extended over packages as well. > > Right now it often comes to frustration to see, i.e., tons of rarely > used by anyone packages on 4 distribution CDs, but no such a useful > package as SDL (as least, this is true for 4.11-RELEASE). AFAIK, Debian > project offers their users some script that collects and submits for > analysis their list of installed packages, which in turn helps them to > come with essential packages on CD1, less important but still popular > ones on CD2, then all the day down to CDn (I've heard they have 7 of > them. Oh boy). > > What do people think about it? I think that'd be a good idea. freshports.org could also give you a good idea of whats popular. ./danfe > > P.S. I'm quite aware of high probability of "do it first, then come > later and show us it works" kind of answer. I am willing to participate > in actual design and implementation, but first I'd like to hear what > portmgr@ (packagers, even) and general public think of it. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >