Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 00:25:26 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com>, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Subject: Re: Addition to BSDstats Message-ID: <l2h6201873e1005052225kcce7737bjc77dadc91d616ac8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BE25196.5020908@freebsd.org> References: <4BE03042.5010806@ipv6canada.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005042107170.85296@hub.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005042135120.85296@hub.org> <4BE0E8B1.3000802@a1poweruser.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005050138530.85296@hub.org> <4BE1E3FA.4010602@onetel.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005052211540.85296@hub.org> <4BE22F91.9000304@freebsd.org> <42A4AF3E-1AC6-4AFE-9FA7-5BE7C1055AEB@olivent.com> <4BE25196.5020908@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> 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
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