* Bill Allombert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 12:46:14PM +0000, Thom May wrote: > > Hi, > > popcon in Ubuntu uses HTTP POST to upload popcon results; > > the script and the cgi to handle it are at: > > http://people.ubuntu.com/patches/popcon-post.tgz > > %tar ztf popcon-post.tgz > popcon-submit.cgi > popcon-upload.py > > Hello Thom, > Thanks for your patch, but it is incomplete: > It does not include the change to the cron job and the configuration > file. How does the cron job choose between email and HTTP POST ? > Are you always using HTTP POST ? > Ubuntu uses POST by default, yes (we don't setup an mta by default). There's no config file; popcon-upload just takes data on stdin. the relevant bit of the crontab is simply:
run_popcon \ | tee /var/log/popularity-contest \ | /usr/sbin/popcon-upload >/dev/null 2>&1 > Also, popcon-upload.py is a python script. This will force user to > install python to use HTTP POST, and such users will always report > python as 'used in the last month' so this will artificially inflate the > usage of python in popcon stats. So I would prefer to stick with perl. > *shrug*; your choice. Given the number of other utilities in python, such as reportbug, I don't see this as a big deal. Cheers, -Thom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]