[Popcon-developers] Re: Please review new description and question text

[Christian Perrier]

> Description: Vote for your favourite packages automatically

That's a note. The DevRef recommends treating it as a title

>  When you install this package, it sets up a cron job that will
>  anonymously submit statistics about your most used packages
>  periodically to the distribution developers.


Beware that popcon being installed during the system install, the
question pops up at a "random" moment during the whole installaiton
process.

So I would recommend avoiding "this package" or specific reference to
the fact that the user "installs" the package. Indeed, most often, the
installer chooses to install it for him/her.

My proposal:

 The popularity-contest package sets up a cron job that will
 periodically anonymously submit, to the distribution developers,
 statistics about the most used packages on this system.


>  .
>  This information helps us make decisions such as which packages should go
>  on the first Debian CD.  Also, we can improve future versions of Debian
>  so that the most popular packages are the ones which are installed
>  automatically for new users.

Please avoid "us". "helps making decisions....".

I would recommend avoiding branding, maybe. That will help derived
distributions.

My proposal:

 This information helps making decisions such as which packages should
 go on the first CD.  Also, it helps improving can improve future
 versions of the distribution so that the most popular packages are
 the ones which are installed automatically for new users.

> Template: popularity-contest/participate
> Type: boolean
> Default: false
> _Description: Participate in the Debian package usage survey?

I propose unbranding:

_Description: Participate in the package usage survey?


>  You can have your system anonymously supply the distribution
>  developers with statistics about your most used packages.  This
>  information influences decisions such as which packages should go on
>  the first distribution CD.

My proposal:

 The system may anonymously supply the distribution developers with
 statistics about the most used packages on this system.  This
 information influences decisions such as which packages should go on
 the first distribution CD.



>  .
>  If you choose to participate, the automatic submission script will
>  run once every week, sending statistics to the distribution developers.
>  The collected statistics can be viewed on http://popcon.debian.org/.
>  .
>  You can always change your mind after making this decision:
>  "dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest"

 This choice can be later modified by running "dpkg-reconfigure
 popularity-contest".

(avoids "change your mind and adds a final dot...:-)

PS: I won't be able to answer further mails until Wednesday. Even
there, my mail reading window is pretty short so I'm not sure I'll be
able to react to comments.

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