From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 6 02:59:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B0B16A4DD; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 02:59:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC8243D45; Sun, 6 Aug 2006 02:59:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E63AC291B01; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:59:28 -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 74855-05; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:59:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-224-179-167.eastlink.ca [24.224.179.167]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDF0290C46; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:59:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id 648BE5C968; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:59:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63DA55C25A; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:59:27 -0300 (ADT) Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 23:59:27 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd To: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: <200608051323.13484.lists@jnielsen.net> Message-ID: <20060805235606.Q7522@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060804182042.U25268@ganymede.hub.org> <44D41605.90509@freebsd.org> <20060805011842.C25268@ganymede.hub.org> <200608051323.13484.lists@jnielsen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Colin Percival Subject: Re: BSDstats Project v1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 02:59:30 -0000 On Sat, 5 Aug 2006, John Nielsen wrote: > Here is a sample (working) port. Un-tar the archive under > ports/sysutils. It installs the script to > ${LOCALBASE}/etc/periodic/monthly and prints a message about how to > enable it. Have a look at it, edit all the text entries to make them > your own (in particular I didn't do a real pkg-descr), and submit it as > a PR (I can assist you with that off-list if you'd like). Perfect, thanks ... I have commit access to ports, so I can commit it later over the weekend ... > Feature request: the script should output one line of text indicating > success or failure (and to remind people who read their periodic e-mails > that it's actually running). I am personally terrible at 'human friendly features', especially when it comes to text ... its why most web pages I design seem ultra-utilitarian unless I talk someone into writing things nicely ... IMHO, this whole thing isn't meant for my edification, but to provide *us*, as a project, with some overall numbers to advocate/market ourselves better ... *please* feel free to submit any patches to the script that you (or anyone else) feels needs to be added to improve things ... The more ppl involved, the more successful the endeavor will be ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664