On 8/30/20 12:20 PM, Warner Losh wrote:>
On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 12:13 PM Gary Aitken <free...@dreamchaser.org
<mailto:free...@dreamchaser.org>> wrote:
I don't know how easy this would be to implement, but it would be
very useful to know which ports are actually being built and
installed. How difficult would it be to have pkg install and the
make install script do some counting and a cron job forward the
counts to freebsd.org <http://freebsd.org>? That would give a much
better sense of how useful a port is. Yes, it's inaccurate given
rebuilds, upgrades, etc., but if a port shows zero installs for
several years it seems like it could be sidelined.
The issue here is more social than technical. Most people don't want
to disclose this information.
On 8/30/20 12:53 PM, Yuri wrote:
This is already implemented in the BSDstats project
(sysutils/bsdstats). It does such accounting for hosts that have
BSDstats installed. It shows stats on it's webpage
https://bsdstats.org/
However, not many people are willing to install sysutils/bsdstats,
or know about it, so it only counts based on a tiny fraction of
hosts running FreeBSD.
Thanks, I didn't realize port info was reported by bsdstats.
However, the ports link at the bottom doesn't work.
Also, the Release Stats link at both the top and bottom seems to change to point
at the last page displayed.
Should I file a bug report?
Gary
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