On 2013-8-28 19:18 , Clemens Lang wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 03:41:25AM +1000, Joshua Root wrote: >> I think it should be reworked to install the client side as a port, >> since it needs to be opt-in anyway, and then you could just do 'sudo >> port load portstats' (or whatever we call it) to have it automatically >> report at regular intervals. > > Yes, that certainly is a way to handle that. I would like to guide all > users into making a decision on this, though – e.g., by printing a > warning after each installation, if there has neither been an opt-in, > nor an opt-out. I don't want opt-out to be the default, because that > might render the statistics useless.
There was a lengthy discussion on the list before, and the conclusion was that opt-out must be the default. Drawing attention to the feature *once* after new installs or after upgrading from a version that didn't support it would be OK. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
