On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 01:12:56PM +0900, Kentaro Hayashi wrote: > Control: tags -1 patch > > Hi, > > I've attached a simple PoC patch to exclude certain packages. > patch is generated against 1.70. > > It may be better spec or implementation, but just works for me.
Dear Kentaro, Could you explain why you want to exclude some package ? I am concerned this will squew the statistic, if used indiscriminately. Instead I would suggest to add a new dpkg control field 'X-Popcon: private' and have popularity-contest skip packages having this field. This way users will be able to create private packages that will never register even on misconfigured hosts. Cheers, Bill