BSDStats - What is involved ... ?

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy at freebsd.org> (from Mon, 28 Aug  
2006 17:03:38 -0300 (ADT)):

> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Garance A Drosehn wrote:
>
>> At 11:36 PM -0300 8/25/06, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>> In getting this into the base system itself?  Opt-in,
>>> default turned off, of course, but maybe as an option
>>> in sysinstall to be enabled easily?
>>
>> I think it should be like perl or X11.  Have it available
>> on the first installation CD, and easily selectable, but
>> not in the freebsd base system.  I think it would be best
>> for it to remain a separate port.
>
> That works too ... all I'm looking for is high enough visibility that
> ppl know its there ... this is something meant to benefit us all in the
> long term, but the faster / easier it can be deployed, the sooner
> useful numbers will be generated ...

Just having it on CD1 doesn't result in people seeing it. You would  
have to change the installation mechanism to check if bsdstats is  
available and to pop up a dialog which explains it's purpose, what it  
sends and asks if it should be installed or not.

Bye,
Alexander.

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