Re: BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread Davaeron
Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > Hello, > > Firstly, great movement and thanks for doing this. However, I think > idea of BSD statistics project can be extended over packages as well. > > Right now it often comes to frustration to see, i.e., tons of rarely > used by anyone packages on 4 distribution CDs,

Re: BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Actually, this is on our TODO list, and will be considered a seperate 'opt-in' from the 'devices' stats, so that ppl can participate without having to "do it all" ... On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: Hello, Firstly, great movement and thanks for doing this. However, I think id

Re: BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread Diane Bruce
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 07:45:06PM +, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 02:22:45PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 12:53:03PM -0400, michael johnson wrote: ... > OK is when such ports find their way into release CDs, while others > (like SDL) do not. Unle

Re: BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread Alexey Dokuchaev
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 02:22:45PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 12:53:03PM -0400, michael johnson wrote: > > freshports.org could also give you a good idea of whats popular. > > It does -- of the sample population of people that know about it. > > (fwiw, it also has a lot

Re: BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread Mark Linimon
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 12:53:03PM -0400, michael johnson wrote: > freshports.org could also give you a good idea of whats popular. It does -- of the sample population of people that know about it. (fwiw, it also has a lot of stale entries, as people don't keep their lists up to date.) Of course

Re: BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread michael johnson
On 9/5/06, Alexey Dokuchaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, Firstly, great movement and thanks for doing this. However, I think idea of BSD statistics project can be extended over packages as well. Right now it often comes to frustration to see, i.e., tons of rarely used by anyone packages

BSD stats project: what about packages?

2006-09-05 Thread Alexey Dokuchaev
Hello, Firstly, great movement and thanks for doing this. However, I think idea of BSD statistics project can be extended over packages as well. Right now it often comes to frustration to see, i.e., tons of rarely used by anyone packages on 4 distribution CDs, but no such a useful package as SDL