[Lars Wirzenius] > However, changing the popcon debconf question to something like the > following might be an acceptable compromise: > > Would you like to participate in the Debian package popularity > contest meter? Blah blah blah. You may also choose to only > report once that you have installed this release of Debian on a > new machine. In that case no other information from you or your > machine gets recorded. > > [ ] No, I do not want to participate at all. > [ ] I want to report once that I have installed Debian. > [ ] I want to participate in the package popularity contest.
Interesting idea. Perhaps it deserve a wishlist request in BTS? > The new choice would then do something like generate a UUID for the > machine and do a single HTTP query to report it and the contents of > /etc/debian_version. Actually, I've considered adding hardware reporting to popcon, using a separate question (or more options, not sure which), and hardware reports do not need to be sent as often as package usage. Such report-once setting should report the output of lsmod, lspci, dmidecode, lsusb etc, to allow us to know what hardware is in use out there. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]