[Popcon-developers] [PATCH] Report Alpha subarchitectures
Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr> writes:
> On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 03:47:26PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> once again, here's the Alpha subarch patch. Since the release is
>> coming closer, and this information is needed to decide what to
>> support for etch+1, I would be really grateful if somebody could
>> either apply it, or tell me exactly what is wrong with it.
>
> The issue is that it is not OK for popcon to report arbitrary data
> beyond what the specification says. This is a privacy issue and this
> is more important than usefullness or convenience.
I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that the range of data
reported by popcon cannot be extended ever in the future, or that this
particular kind of data is too intrusive?
--
Falk
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