On 2013-8-28 20:06 , Joshua Root wrote: > 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.
Er, "opt-out must be the default" isn't really the right way of putting it though. Nobody should have to opt out, they should have to opt in. - Josh _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
