Comment 10 for bug 1711420

Awesome, thanks!

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 7:05 AM Tehnick <email address hidden> wrote:

> Some news:
> 1) Ubuntu Popcon was mentioned in announce:
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-February/040139.html
> 2) Debian Popcon mailing list migrated to:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-popcon/
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> Title:
> Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?
>
> Status in popularity-contest package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Since the removal of the 'opt-in' or was it an 'opt-out' dialog in
> older versions of the Ubuntu(d-i) installer, I have _manually_ enabled
> the popcon utility via:
>
> $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest
>
> I notice that the website: https://popcon.ubuntu.com/ seems to be
> mostly unmaintained or perhaps abandoned(!?).
>
> Is this utility really helpful to the Ubuntu Dev's? Should I continue
> to _manually_ enable it after each install, as I have for over 5+
> years?
>
> If not, can it be removed from the 'ubuntu-standard' package depends?
>
> Please let me know if this is still a useful item to keep on my post-
> install checklist.
>
> Thank you!
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
> Package: popularity-contest 1.64ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-32.36-generic 4.10.17
> Uname: Linux 4.10.0-32-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: GNOME
> Date: Thu Aug 17 12:06:39 2017
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-08 (8 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64
> (20170412)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: popularity-contest
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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