On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 14:14 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Christopher Blizzard wrote: > > > There's another interesting aspect of having something on the machine > > that allows someone to be counted. It follows the software all the way > > from where we put it up, through the mirrors and down to the > > installation. It's much more reliable about reporting something in that > > sense, rather than collecting stats from mirrors and download sites. > > > > It also reports the act - "I'm using it" instead of "I downloaded it." > > > > And last, in some ways it's a lot less nefarious than tracking > > downloads. It's a result of a positive act on part of the user, as > > opposed to tracking on the backend without any kind of positive assent > > from the user. > > > > --Chris > > Yep. > > If we're going to bother doing actual engineering work for a measurement > solution in FC7, then it should be: > > a. Voluntary; > b. Anonymous; > c. Incredibly comprehensive; > d. Clearly beneficial to users. > > And when I say "incredibly comprehensive," I mean that it should collect > hardware information and package information, and we should focus on > deriving *useful* data from these metrics. Like: > > * What hardware works well, and what doesn't? > * What software packages are widely installed? > * What's the reliability of a package, based on a ratio of > "open bugs" to "instances installed"? > http://klive.cpushare.com Package it for Extras. It'll even tell you what version of the kernel folks are running. Modify it a bit if you want it to gather more statistics and have it report to your own server. josh _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board-readonly mailing list fedora-advisory-board-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
