Bug#414340: [Popcon-developers] Bug#414340: package description refers to "us", Debian developers

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Bill Allombert]
> 1.3) debian-based distributions with a popcon server:
> 
> The distributions have to change the package to report to their own
> server anyway.

I suspect this might be part of the reason we reach different
conclusion.  This is not correct.  Debian Edu have our own server, and
we use preseeding to configure the collector URL and the normal debian
package.  No need to change the package at all for our part.

> Furthermore, in that case it is quite likely that the paragraph
> 
>  This information influences decisions such as which packages should
>  go on the first distribution CD. It also helps improving future
>  versions of the distribution so that the most popular packages are
>  the ones which are installed automatically for new users.
>  
> will be totally false for that distribution (for example it provides a
> single DVD), so the distribution will have to change it.

Actually, this isn't false for Debian Edu.  We start by filling the
CD/DVD with the packages we want, and then fill up with the popular
packages, so the popcon results from Debian is used directly.  The
packages we want are hand-picked, but we use the usage numbers from
popcon.skolelinux.org when deciding which user application to keep and
which to drop.  So the paragraph is correct for Debian Edu.

I can't speak for the other CDDs.

Friendly,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen