Julian H. Stacey wrote on 09/29/2016 23:10:
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We probably need a way to find out how often a pkg is downloaded
from a repo to understand which ports/pkg are really used in our
user base. This helps to decide if a port is really no longer in use.
Insufficient test. I never download packages. I always compile.
pkg info | wc -l
1216
I keep old distfiles. Occasionaly i've fed lost distfiles back to the net.
PS I guess some of us might not mind enabling a switch on some not
all of our boxes, if some auto collector robot @freebsd collected
stats on ports, driven by some make post-install or post make package
Mk/ macro But it should be off by default: privacy issues.
There were some attempts, for example bsdstats which can be installed
from ports. But it is rarely used and stats are not correct
http://bsdstats.org/ports.php
To make it useful it should be in base install and On by default - and I
understand that many users will be against this.
Miroslav Lachman
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