[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Vogt
Thanks for your bugreport. Please try Applications/Add,Remove. It contains this feature. Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Including "popularity" of packages in repositories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112387 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
There is some information about relative popularity of packages from http://popcon.ubuntu.com/, but there are only around 70,000 participants, of all the users of Ubuntu. Do you wish to request that synaptic use this information to generate the described coloured bar, or would you agree that it is

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread eantoranz
That is the thing, precisely. Instead of "voting" (I mean, making a manual operation), why not change the apt management system so that servers can keep track of the times each package has been requested and provide it so that apt managers (like synaptic or any other... even apt- get or apt-search)

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
In order to properly support CD-based installations and updates, Ubuntu cannot track all installations of packages. Furthermore, tracking installations of packages for network repository users must be voluntary, in order to protect the privacy of users. -- Including "popularity" of packages in r

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Vogt
Thanks for your bugreport. Please try Applications/Add,Remove. It contains this feature. Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Including "popularity" of packages in repositories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112387 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
There is some information about relative popularity of packages from http://popcon.ubuntu.com/, but there are only around 70,000 participants, of all the users of Ubuntu. Do you wish to request that synaptic use this information to generate the described coloured bar, or would you agree that it is

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread eantoranz
That is the thing, precisely. Instead of "voting" (I mean, making a manual operation), why not change the apt management system so that servers can keep track of the times each package has been requested and provide it so that apt managers (like synaptic or any other... even apt- get or apt-search)

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
In order to properly support CD-based installations and updates, Ubuntu cannot track all installations of packages. Furthermore, tracking installations of packages for network repository users must be voluntary, in order to protect the privacy of users. -- Including "popularity" of packages in r

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Vogt
Thanks for your bugreport. Please try Applications/Add,Remove. It contains this feature. Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Including "popularity" of packages in repositories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112387 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
There is some information about relative popularity of packages from http://popcon.ubuntu.com/, but there are only around 70,000 participants, of all the users of Ubuntu. Do you wish to request that synaptic use this information to generate the described coloured bar, or would you agree that it is

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread eantoranz
That is the thing, precisely. Instead of "voting" (I mean, making a manual operation), why not change the apt management system so that servers can keep track of the times each package has been requested and provide it so that apt managers (like synaptic or any other... even apt- get or apt-search)

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
In order to properly support CD-based installations and updates, Ubuntu cannot track all installations of packages. Furthermore, tracking installations of packages for network repository users must be voluntary, in order to protect the privacy of users. -- Including "popularity" of packages in r

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Vogt
Thanks for your bugreport. Please try Applications/Add,Remove. It contains this feature. Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Including "popularity" of packages in repositories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112387 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
There is some information about relative popularity of packages from http://popcon.ubuntu.com/, but there are only around 70,000 participants, of all the users of Ubuntu. Do you wish to request that synaptic use this information to generate the described coloured bar, or would you agree that it is

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread eantoranz
That is the thing, precisely. Instead of "voting" (I mean, making a manual operation), why not change the apt management system so that servers can keep track of the times each package has been requested and provide it so that apt managers (like synaptic or any other... even apt- get or apt-search)

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
In order to properly support CD-based installations and updates, Ubuntu cannot track all installations of packages. Furthermore, tracking installations of packages for network repository users must be voluntary, in order to protect the privacy of users. -- Including "popularity" of packages in r

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Vogt
Thanks for your bugreport. Please try Applications/Add,Remove. It contains this feature. Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Including "popularity" of packages in repositories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112387 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
There is some information about relative popularity of packages from http://popcon.ubuntu.com/, but there are only around 70,000 participants, of all the users of Ubuntu. Do you wish to request that synaptic use this information to generate the described coloured bar, or would you agree that it is

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread eantoranz
That is the thing, precisely. Instead of "voting" (I mean, making a manual operation), why not change the apt management system so that servers can keep track of the times each package has been requested and provide it so that apt managers (like synaptic or any other... even apt- get or apt-search)

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
In order to properly support CD-based installations and updates, Ubuntu cannot track all installations of packages. Furthermore, tracking installations of packages for network repository users must be voluntary, in order to protect the privacy of users. -- Including "popularity" of packages in r

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Vogt
Thanks for your bugreport. Please try Applications/Add,Remove. It contains this feature. Thanks, Michael ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Including "popularity" of packages in repositories https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/112387 You received this bug notifica

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
There is some information about relative popularity of packages from http://popcon.ubuntu.com/, but there are only around 70,000 participants, of all the users of Ubuntu. Do you wish to request that synaptic use this information to generate the described coloured bar, or would you agree that it is

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread eantoranz
That is the thing, precisely. Instead of "voting" (I mean, making a manual operation), why not change the apt management system so that servers can keep track of the times each package has been requested and provide it so that apt managers (like synaptic or any other... even apt- get or apt-search)

[Bug 112387] Re: Including "popularity" of packages in repositories

2007-05-04 Thread Emmet Hikory
In order to properly support CD-based installations and updates, Ubuntu cannot track all installations of packages. Furthermore, tracking installations of packages for network repository users must be voluntary, in order to protect the privacy of users. -- Including "popularity" of packages in r