Bug#632438: [Popcon-developers] Bug#681721: #632438: popularity-contest: a way to exclude certain packages
On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 01:12:56PM +0900, Kentaro Hayashi wrote:
> Control: tags -1 patch
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> Hi,
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> I've attached a simple PoC patch to exclude certain packages.
> patch is generated against 1.70.
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> It may be better spec or implementation, but just works for me.
Dear Kentaro,
Could you explain why you want to exclude some package ?
I am concerned this will squew the statistic, if used indiscriminately.
Instead I would suggest to add a new dpkg control field 'X-Popcon: private' and
have popularity-contest skip packages having this field.
This way users will be able to create private packages that will never
register even on misconfigured hosts.
Cheers,
Bill
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