[Popcon-commits] cvs commit to popularity-contest by ballombe

[ballombe at cvs.alioth.debian.org]

Update of /cvsroot/popcon/popularity-contest
In directory alioth:/tmp/cvs-serv21139

Modified Files:
	FAQ 
Log Message:
Instead of reporting on Sunday, now a random day in the week is 
chosen. This spread the load on the server. Closes: #440493, #459910.


Index: FAQ
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RCS file: /cvsroot/popcon/popularity-contest/FAQ,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -d -r1.16 -r1.17
--- FAQ	8 Jan 2008 17:01:43 -0000	1.16
+++ FAQ	7 May 2008 16:50:21 -0000	1.17
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@
 
 Q) When does popularity-contest run ?
 
-A) popularity-contest is run by the weekly cron job 
-   "/etc/cron.weekly/popularity-contest".
+A) popularity-contest is run by the daily cron job 
+"/etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest", but only one day in the week,
+whci is specified in the configuration file. This day is chosen randomly
+to spread the load on the server.
 
-Under the default configuration of cron, this happens every Sunday
-at 6:47 in the morning. This can be changed by editing /etc/crontab
-but if your computer is not always turned on, we really recommend you
-install the anacron package.
+Under the default configuration of cron, this happens at 6:47 in the morning.
+This can be changed by editing /etc/crontab but if your computer is not always
+turned on, we really recommend you install the anacron package.
 
 Q) I don't want popcon email to be sent by root! How can I change that ?