From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 5 18:31:54 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EBF0F9D for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:31:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jankyj@unfs.us) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.82.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E756A4 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 18:31:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.82.173]) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00E0BD8CE95 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:31:54 -0700 (MST) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org ([206.225.82.173]) by localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.82.173]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 62598-03 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:31:53 -0700 (MST) Received: from [172.17.244.124] (fw1.aspsys.com [173.14.5.129]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jankyj@unfs.us) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 60501D8CE93 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 11:31:53 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <51363A19.3020203@unfs.us> Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:31:53 -0700 From: "Janky Jay, III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130221 Thunderbird/17.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD References: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> <1362485055969-5792802.post@n5.nabble.com> <5135E0A9.5020903@gmail.com> <51362D4D.4070407@unfs.us> <20130305131814.3642ccd0@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20130305131814.3642ccd0@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:31:54 -0000 On 03/05/2013 11:18 AM, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:37:17 -0700 > Janky Jay, III articulated: > >> Same! I've been voting this up for quite some time. All my >> votes are dedicated to this. Hopefully it will be implemented soon. >> Just keep the votes coming and I'm sure they'll take it seriously at >> some point. > > Interestingly enough, I worked on a project a while ago that had a > somewhat similar voting setup. However, since it was determined in > advance that some people would inevitable attempt to inflate the > actual voting total by voting numerous times, they put safeguards in > place. One was to eliminate multiple votes from the same IP I believe. > Hrm. That sounds silly. The Dropbox voting actually encourages it's users to use all their votes however they see fit. If you want to use them all towards one item, go for it. You're only allowed a certain number of votes, though. So, that's the only way they limit it. Regards, Janky Jay, III