Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-09 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 02:56:49PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Maybe some sort of 'Server Running *BSD' icon / link from web sites to bsdstats.org would help too ... Not all BSD Unix systems are servers. This email was composed in Mutt+Vim on FreeBSD 7.2 on a ThinkPad R52. -- Chad

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-09 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Sun, 9 May 2010, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 02:56:49PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Maybe some sort of 'Server Running *BSD' icon / link from web sites to bsdstats.org would help too ... Not all BSD Unix systems are servers. True, but, then again, few desktops users

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-07 Thread Chip Camden
I like that idea. On May 07 2010 09:37, Fbsd1 wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 6 May 2010, Robert Huff wrote: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. Maybe

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-07 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Maybe some sort of 'Server Running *BSD' icon / link from web sites to bsdstats.org would help too ... On Fri, 7 May 2010, Chip Camden wrote: I like that idea. On May 07 2010 09:37, Fbsd1 wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 6 May 2010, Robert Huff wrote: The problem with not

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-07 Thread Marc G. Fournier
I was just thinking about it, and one point that I don't know if I've ever made (or haven't made in awhile) is that BSDStats looks at who is *using* a *BSD variant, not who *was* ... it relies on being run *at least* once a month for a server to be counted ... if you run it once and never run

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-07 Thread Marc G. Fournier
Actually: Contributor to BSDStats sounds better / easier to understand On Fri, 7 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Maybe some sort of 'Server Running *BSD' icon / link from web sites to bsdstats.org would help too ... On Fri, 7 May 2010, Chip Camden wrote: I like that idea. On May 07

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-06 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Randi Harper wrote: I wouldn't want to add an option to sysinstall for this unless bsdstats was part of base. nobody would appreciate (and outcry would be heavy) if someone were to add an 'opt-out phone home script' that they didn't consciously

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-06 Thread Robert Huff
Chris Whitehouse writes: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. What about a monthly (3 monthly, whatever) reminder saying what bsdstats is about and the

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-06 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Thu, 6 May 2010, Robert Huff wrote: Chris Whitehouse writes: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. What about a monthly (3 monthly, whatever) reminder saying

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-06 Thread Fbsd1
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 6 May 2010, Robert Huff wrote: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. Maybe it could go in the monthly subscription list

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Marc G. Fournier wrote: can you tell me two things: nslookup rpt.bsdstats.org and the contents of /var/db/bsdstats I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) so for a very long time I haven't installed it.

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Chris Hill
On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 4 May 2010, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:12:21PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: BSDSTATS is dead. Don't waste your time. Not dead, still very active with reports in daily ... i

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: can you tell me two things: nslookup rpt.bsdstats.org and the contents of /var/db/bsdstats I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) so

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Hill wrote: Since we're on the topic, and in light of Fbsd1's recent adventure... Panama seems awfully high in the country stats. I understand what you said upthread about haproxy being in Panama, but it's a small country to be always at the top; maybe there's some

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) There has been talk about adding it as an option to sysinstall, but, unfortunately, I don't have enough knowledge of

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Randi Harper
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) There has been talk about adding it as an option to sysinstall, but, unfortunately, I don't have

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread mikel king
On May 5, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Randi Harper wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) There has been talk about adding it as an

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 5 May 2010, Randi Harper wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) There has been talk about adding it as an option to

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Randi Harper
mikel king wrote: On May 5, 2010, at 10:55 PM, Randi Harper wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Chris Whitehouse wrote: I seem to have probs with mine too. I was under the impression that bsdstats was installed by default (in the base system?) There has been talk about

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-05 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Randi Harper ra...@freebsd.org wrote: This idea was mentioned a few years as a way to improve advocacy statistics. Something short and sweet, with a one or two line explanation encouraging people to install the BSDStats system. If it were a yes/no option

Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Steve Bertrand
Marc, et-al, I wasn't originally going to post this to the list, but I thought that it would be useful to do so in order to try to solicit feedback. There's a suggestion that I have for the server-side of bsdstats. I would find it very useful if the server could track the % of the reporting

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Fbsd1
Steve Bertrand wrote: Marc, et-al, I wasn't originally going to post this to the list, but I thought that it would be useful to do so in order to try to solicit feedback. There's a suggestion that I have for the server-side of bsdstats. I would find it very useful if the server could track the

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
The backend to bsdstats.org is load balanced behind an haproxy backend, with only the IP of haproxy being passed back into it ... one of the key issues that was brought up from day one was security and anonymity(sp?) of those submitting, and we've taken that *very* seriously ... other then

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Wed, 5 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: BSDSTATS is dead. Don't waste your time. Not dead, still very active with reports in daily ... I am a retired American who is now living in the Philippines. All during RELEASE 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, and now 8.0 I have been running the bsdstats port on my single

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: Most odd ... what is in your /var/db/bsdstats file ... ? I've had no reports of problems in many months now ... Don't worry about it, found and fixed that bug ... it had to do with trying to masquarade behind

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:12:21PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: BSDSTATS is dead. Don't waste your time. Not dead, still very active with reports in daily ... i see a golden opportunity here, marc. why not post the basic onlist now?

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 4 May 2010, Gary Kline wrote: On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:12:21PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Wed, 5 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: BSDSTATS is dead. Don't waste your time. Not dead, still very active with reports in daily ... i see a golden opportunity here, marc. why

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Fbsd1
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Don't worry about it, found and fixed that bug ... it had to do with trying to masquarade behind haproxy, so it looked like all systems were coming in from Panama if they were running the newest code ... which means alot of

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Brian Callahan
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Don't worry about it, found and fixed that bug ... it had to do with trying to masquarade behind haproxy, so it looked like all systems were coming in

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Marc G. Fournier
can you tell me two things: nslookup rpt.bsdstats.org and the contents of /var/db/bsdstats the results should have showed up instantly on the web site ... but, just checking the database, I do find a connection from PH today at 2010-05-05 03:30:12.196478 ... and the country stats does show