From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 6 05:25:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED711065673 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 05:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.221.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DA4C8FC08 for ; Thu, 6 May 2010 05:25:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk5 with SMTP id 5so9220082qyk.3 for ; Wed, 05 May 2010 22:25:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=1CDGpCkVqKfENggZhKZfX1eS5c6bV5Ne66kkkVT6Egw=; b=M9djZbLFAiCN20N865/15F4EjCdNpVGvyQ2Ibe2la7TQ06foNIFyVpIZW/QGesKrkl EKIFKIxK53s/cwowLi5piNdlwzwNLkhyBoYQIb8DoT5ON0iCHI1ajeYFcO1YUD8D8G52 AhOHqFCILUp4O05jMVQ7hxrJJDCAkeWisXbWU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Mt9tQcaXvNmoaFd5rPF3kqCwS+bhaixgnj13tzSea2sqGgG0sponzdZzvGPhVTE2Mo SFzC7x0Ab8FDwckZxbalM9iMUv/rJF6CSluY9SSOSgHvgTJDf+oHAiKM2vDDXQNXFj7b tDJ9vHG5wuiEJ74exxsEPCEbM6oEPz4cOLNSY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.99.143 with SMTP id u15mr4950410qcn.105.1273123526679; Wed, 05 May 2010 22:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.99.67 with HTTP; Wed, 5 May 2010 22:25:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BE25196.5020908@freebsd.org> References: <4BE03042.5010806@ipv6canada.com> <4BE0E8B1.3000802@a1poweruser.com> <4BE1E3FA.4010602@onetel.com> <4BE22F91.9000304@freebsd.org> <42A4AF3E-1AC6-4AFE-9FA7-5BE7C1055AEB@olivent.com> <4BE25196.5020908@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 00:25:26 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Randi Harper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , "questions@freebsd.org" , mikel king , Chris Whitehouse Subject: Re: Addition to BSDstats 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: Thu, 06 May 2010 05:25:31 -0000 On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Randi Harper wrote: > > This idea was mentioned a few years as a way to improve advocacy >> statistics. Something short and sweet, with a one or two line explanation >> encouraging people to install the BSDStats system. If it were a yes/no >> option similar to the "Would you like to install Linux Compatibility" then >> it would be a no brainer. Honestly this seems relatively unobtrusive and >> quite logical. >> > > You're right, it is just for advocacy statistics. bsdstats is not an > integral part of system operation. We prompt for Linux Compatibility because > it could be needed for technical reasons. While advocacy is certainly > important, the installer needs to be simplified, not complicated even more > with unnecessary options and menus. > It could be placed in the yes/no questions at the end of the install. Debian does something similar. -- Adam Vande More