Use of a package?

[Eric H. Christensen]

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On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 10:36:16AM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 12:30:30 -0400
> "Eric H. Christensen" <sparks at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> 
> > Is there any way to determine if anyone is using a particular package
> > in Fedora or EPEL?  
> 
> Ask them? ;) 
> 
> If you mean any kind of automated way, then no, not really. 
> 
> kevin

Well, if I don't know *if* it's being used I certainly can't ask the unknown masses.  :)  I was just looking at some of the packages I recently adopted and noted that many of them seem to have dead or dying upstream.  That isn't to say the software isn't still useful but if folks aren't using them...  You get what I'm saying.

I'd be nice if there was a way for the client to report what packages they have installed (voluntarily, opt-in of course) or a way for the mirrors to report what updates are being pushed.  Perhaps a thought for another day.

Thanks,
Eric
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