On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 05:30:50PM +1000, James Rayner wrote: > Well, it could be done without extending pacman though, by adding a > line to the post install script. to ping the server or something. The Don't make install scripts anything besides package installation. This is not only about privacy. People can use archstats voluntary.
Anyway: A bored malicious user will tamper stats by writing funny scripts. Jürgen > iphitus > > On 8/1/05, Edward Steel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 20:59 +1000, James Rayner wrote: > > > There's no perfect way of tracking a package on the AUR's success. > > > > > > We can monitor the package's installation, via Archstats or a custom > > > daemon, but many either wont run archstats or will bitch about privacy > > > issues. > > > > > > We can make people comment/vote themselves on the package, but we know > > > already that a lot of people wont do this. > > > > > > We can use a system that checks how many downloads a package has had, > > > however here we dont know whether people have continued using the > > > package, unless they respond with comments. > > > > > Couldn't pacman be extended? Without actually saying who has it > > installed, installing the package with pacman could send an increment to > > the aur and uninstalling a decrement. Automatic and private. > > I'm not sure I'm advocating this though, it would be a fair amount of > > work to replace the above systems that already give a good idea. > > > > > > > -- > iphitus - www.iphitus.tk > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
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