[tor-dev] Tor metrics: Questionable relays-by-platform accounting

nusenu nusenu at openmailbox.org
Fri Jan 8 16:00:58 UTC 2016


>>> Is it possible that the "Tor metrics" count everything but "Linux" 
>>> and "Windows" as FreeBSD?  
>>
>> Good question.  Not exactly: it's counting everything containing "BSD"
>> as "FreeBSD".  Ugh.  I agree that this is misleading.  How about we
>> change the graph legend to "BSD"?

+1


> Without further explanation that seems still a bit misleading because
> "DragonFly" and "Bitrig" are BSDs, too. In fact, "DragonFly" is short
> for "DragonFly BSD" so even a graph legend like "platforms that contain 'BSD'"
> would be misleading for someone who does not know the actual platform strings.

How about adding Bitrig and DragonFly as well, see:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/14862#comment:4

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