[Bug 1711420] Re: Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?

[Chris Rainey]

Agreed!


On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:05 AM Tehnick <tehnick-8 at yandex.ru> wrote:

> My pessimism about this package in Ubuntu is based not only on the
> history of its updates [1] but also on noticeable amount of messages
> about its issues in mailing list [2] of Popcon developers which I am
> reading since the begining of 2013.
>
> I am glad to see that after my comment from 16 Jan 2018 this package was
> finally updated. Let's hope that this is not only one upload and the
> package will be in a good shape in the future.
>
> [1] Updates:
>     * 1.64ubuntu2 -- 26 Feb 2016
>     * 1.64ubuntu1 -- 29 Oct 2015
>     * 1.57ubuntu1 -- 07 May 2013
> [2]
> https://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/popcon-developers
>
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> Title:
>   Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?
>
> Status in popularity-contest package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Since the removal of the 'opt-in' or was it an 'opt-out' dialog in
>   older versions of the Ubuntu(d-i) installer, I have _manually_ enabled
>   the popcon utility via:
>
>   $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
>
>   I notice that the website: https://popcon.ubuntu.com/ seems to be
>   mostly unmaintained or perhaps abandoned(!?).
>
>   Is this utility really helpful to the Ubuntu Dev's? Should I continue
>   to _manually_ enable it after each install, as I have for over 5+
>   years?
>
>   If not, can it be removed from the 'ubuntu-standard' package depends?
>
>   Please let me know if this is still a useful item to keep on my post-
>   install checklist.
>
>   Thank you!
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
>   Package: popularity-contest 1.64ubuntu2
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-32.36-generic 4.10.17
>   Uname: Linux 4.10.0-32-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CurrentDesktop: GNOME
>   Date: Thu Aug 17 12:06:39 2017
>   EcryptfsInUse: Yes
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-08 (8 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64
> (20170412)
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm-256color
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: popularity-contest
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?

Status in popularity-contest package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Since the removal of the 'opt-in' or was it an 'opt-out' dialog in
  older versions of the Ubuntu(d-i) installer, I have _manually_ enabled
  the popcon utility via:

  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest

  I notice that the website: https://popcon.ubuntu.com/ seems to be
  mostly unmaintained or perhaps abandoned(!?).

  Is this utility really helpful to the Ubuntu Dev's? Should I continue
  to _manually_ enable it after each install, as I have for over 5+
  years?

  If not, can it be removed from the 'ubuntu-standard' package depends?

  Please let me know if this is still a useful item to keep on my post-
  install checklist.

  Thank you!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: popularity-contest 1.64ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-32.36-generic 4.10.17
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Aug 17 12:06:39 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-08 (8 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: popularity-contest
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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