On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 03:19:16PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [Ingo Juergensmann]
> > Although it was discussed several times, I have still no idea how those
> > users should be counted?
> Two ideas.
> - Get them to install popularity-contest. This will make their
> machine show up on popcon.debian.org, and we would assume there are
> users of the given machine. Not very accurate, as machines !=
> individuals. Easy to fool, but I believe we should assume people
> are honest.
Well, I'm already running popcon on my two m68ks, but that doesn't say much
about how many users are using that machines, as you state yourself. ;)
> - Set up a wiki page, and get people to put up their name and mail
> address (perhaps slightly obfuscated to make it harder for address
> harwesters), and count the number of names on the page. When the
> count is reached, send email to all the addresses asking them to
> confirm that the list is correct. Easy to fool, but I believe we
> should assume people are honest. If we start to suspect
> non-existing people on the list, we can start asking for GPG
> signatures.
> I would recommend the last option myself, but would like all m68k
> machines to report to popcon.debian.org too. :)
I'm already in the progress of setting up such a webpage...
I think I can finish it this evening.
> > Is it intended that a user should mail debian-release to say "Hi!
> > I'm using port X!"? I doubt so.
> That is probably not necessary, yes. :)
... and can be faked easily, too. ;)
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