Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 23:25:52 -0400 From: mikel king <mikel.king@olivent.com> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>, Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> Subject: Re: Addition to BSDstats Message-ID: <42A4AF3E-1AC6-4AFE-9FA7-5BE7C1055AEB@olivent.com> In-Reply-To: <4BE22F91.9000304@freebsd.org> References: <4BE03042.5010806@ipv6canada.com> <4BE0A341.1010207@a1poweruser.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>
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On May 5, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Randi Harper wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: >> On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: >> >>> I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression >>> that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) >> >> There has been talk about adding it as an option to sysinstall, >> but, unfortunately, I don't have enough knowledge of sysinstall to >> add it, and nobody else has step'd forward that does ... the idea >> wasn't to auto-install/enable, but to make it more visible while >> you are installing ... >> >> Anyone out there able to do this ... ? > > I have not heard any talk about this up until this email. I wouldn't > want to add an option to sysinstall for this unless bsdstats was > part of base. If it were, this would be trivial, but I don't really > want to pop up any optional package menus other than what already > exists. > > -- randi 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. Regards, Mikel King Senior Editor, BSD News Network Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking http://twitter.com/mikelking
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