[Popcon-developers] HTTP POST support and popcon
Bill Allombert
allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:49:38 +0100
On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 11:54:20PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> > A faster way to make things going would be to provide a second
> > popcon package (say popularity-contest-http) that use http instead
> > of smtp. This way people just need to install whatever packages they
> > prefer and we don't bother people doing woody to sarge upgrade.
>
> With the current NEW processing time, this is not a quick route.
Look at debian-project@lists.debian.org!
> Besides, I do not believe it is sensible to have two packages, when we
> could provide a sensible default selection method instead. If we are
> able to connect to the popcon http server, we should use http. If
> not, we should use email. No need to confuse users by asking which
> method to use. :)
I agree, but this create a breach of trust to make the change without
warning the users.[1] IOW, users upgrading to the new version have
agreed we send the report through SMTP when saying OK in the debconf
template[2] They did not agree we send it through HTTP. To avoid that we
to add a debconf template warning when users upgrade and change the
installation template to mention both smtp and http.
Creating a new package will be much simpler to implement for sarge.
One good point: I should improve the script+CGI so that it is possible
to know with certainty if the HTTP worked so we can skip smtp in that
case.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
Imagine a large red swirl here.
[1] I can be convinced otherwise, but I prefer to be careful because it
is a spyware of a sort.
[2] "You can have your system anonymously e-mail the Debian developers
with statistics about your most used Debian packages. This information
influences decisions such as which packages should go on the first
Debian CD."