From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Damien Gardner Jnr Subject: Re: AX25 and related software's future in Debian Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 08:52:17 +1000 Message-ID: <4FA45DA1.8090602@rendrag.net> References: <20120504013200.GB3489@flying-gecko.net> <4FA3E269.4060801@danplanet.com> <20120504151424.GC24655@flying-gecko.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120504151424.GC24655@flying-gecko.net> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Patrick Ouellette Cc: Dan Smith , linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, debian-hams@lists.debian.org, ralf@linux-mips.org, ax25@x-berg.in-berlin.de On 5/05/2012 1:14 AM, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > Dan, > > Playing Devil's advocate - the argument has been put forth in the > "other discussion" that according to popcon (the Debian popularity > contest), node has 81 installs, and 17 reporting as "active" while the > nodejs package has 720 installs with 163 reporting as "active." So their > conclusion is the node package is only used by a small community. > Does anyone actually USE popcon though? I dunno about you, but I have ~400 debian boxes in use around my clients, and NONE are participating in popularity contest.. - Having the server info + installed packages sent off to some off-site location is a security risk, and a stumbling block on the way to PCI Compliance. That and it just seems microsoft-style creepy! I don't think you can honestly expect to use popcon as a valid indicator to the ax25 packages' install base.. - Much like you couldn't expect it to be valid for snort, acidbase, or other tools used in a secure environment? (Which a ham radio node needs to be, to maintain the separation of ham-tcpip and public-tcpip networks). Regards, Damien -- Damien Gardner Jnr VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust rendrag@rendrag.net - http://www.rendrag.net/ -- We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder