On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 02:27:23PM +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > > * www.debian.org/social_contract says Debian's "priorities are our > > users and free software", > > * popcon.debian.org currently reports 91,523 submissions, > > * popcon.ubuntu.com currently reports 1,493,440 submissions, and > > * that this is something of a trick question, > > That results in a different question for me: Does Ubuntu enforce the usage of > pocon, and should Debian do so, too?
I don't know whether Ubuntu does that; and frankly, I don't think it holds any relevance to what we do. As to whether we should 'enforce' popcon, the answer is a clear 'no' to me. Firstly, we can't enforce anything -- we provide Free Software, which by definition can be modified to remove anything we would like to 'enforce'. Secondly, I don't think popcon is so important that we should require it from our users. It is a good idea to strongly suggest that it be installed, and our current installer does that. But beyond that? No. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html
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