[arch-dev-public] [draft] pkgstats round two: take your vote and help improving Arch

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:02:01 +0200
Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:13:49 +0800, Ray Rashif <schiv at archlinux.org>
> wrote:
> > On 23 September 2010 04:32, Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi devs,
> >>
> >> I am a little busy right now. But I'd like to get this published so
> >> we'll get some usable stats for next month. In the meantime I have
> >> improved the db schema on the server so that we could easily save
> >> the history of several years. (package data are now aggregated
> >> monthly)
> >>
> >> Patches to this announcement are more than welcome. (I am tired
> >> and I dumped ice tea into my keyboard...)
> > 
> > Two years ago, we introduced <a
> > href="http://www.archlinux.org/news/pkgstats-contribution-was-never-that-easy/">pkgstats</a>.
> > This time, after a major revamp, we are re-introducing it to you!
> > 
> > Contributing is as easy as installing the package - a weekly cron
> > job will take care of the rest. You will be sending us a list of
> > packages installed on your system, along with the architecture and
> > mirror you use. This information will help us prioritize our
> > efforts and make Arch even better. So, go ahead and spread the word!
> > 
> > For more details see pkgstats -h or just read the simple source
> > code. You can view the collected data at the <a
> > href="https://www.archlinux.de/?page=Statistics">Statistics
> > page</a>.
> 
> Thanks, very good. If there are no objections I'll publish this
> tonight.
> 

Shouldn't we add something like "all information is anonymous, we
collect no information that can identify you" or something?

Dieter