Re: software version gathering tool
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Geoff Crompton wrote:
| Does anyone know of a tool (preferably in Debian) that will collect
| what versions of software is installed on a system, and then
| report it to a central location? I'm considering writing my own,
| but if something already exists, that would be great.
|
popularity-contest
It's not exactly what you're looking for, but I'm sure it could be
modified fairly easily to do what you want.
Description: Vote for your favourite packages automatically
~ When you install this package, it sets up a cron job that will
anonymously
~ e-mail the Debian developers periodically with statistics about your
~ most used Debian packages.
~ .
~ This information helps us make decisions such as which packages
should go
~ on the first Debian CD. Also, we can improve future versions of Debian
~ so that the most popular packages are the ones which are installed
~ automatically for new users.
~ .
~ Homepage: http://popcon.debian.org
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