Lars Wirzenius wrote: > However, changing the popcon debconf question to something like the > following might be an acceptable compromise: > > Would you like to participate in the Debian package popularity > contest meter? Blah blah blah. You may also choose to only > report once that you have installed this release of Debian on a > new machine. In that case no other information from you or your > machine gets recorded. > > [ ] No, I do not want to participate at all. > [ ] I want to report once that I have installed Debian. > [ ] I want to participate in the package popularity contest. > > The new choice would then do something like generate a UUID for the > machine and do a single HTTP query to report it and the contents > of /etc/debian_version. > > How does that sound?
Sounds good! I would suggest to also include at least some limited hardware information. That could help to convince hardware suppliers that it pays off to offer linux supported hardware; I'm thinking especially about notebooks. It could also help shoppers to get an impression of how many people use debian (successfully) on what type of laptop/hardware, even though that information is no substitute to tuxmobil.org or www.linux-laptop.net. For laptops brand/model would be nice, although it probably will be difficult or impossible to include that in an automated fashion. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]