On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 05:34:21PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Package: popularity-contest
> Severity: normal
> 
> Long-running daemons (such as openvpn) do not re-read their executable
> files even if they are continuously used, and the atime of these
> executables is not updated.  This means that popcon reporting is heavily
> biased against such software.

There is worse: the kernel never update its atime, so there is no way
to vote for a kernel.  Generally vote is not reliable unless you compare
package with similar functions (e.g. two MUA).

I don't see any way to report usage reliably. Do you ?

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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