Gentoostats

A result of the Google Summer of Code 2011, gentoostats can collect several statistics from Gentoo machines.

Installation
Gentoostats is available through the betagarden overlay. Make sure you have the git USE flag enabled in to install the repository. Also, the package is unstable, so add it to your keywords file.

When first installed, the program created a unique identifier for your machine. Use this identifier later to view the statistics of your machine. The identifier is stored in /etc/gentoostats/auth.cfg.

Sending Statistics
Sending statistics of your machine is simple. You can control which statistics are sent by editing /etc/gentoostats/payload.cfg.

Viewing Statistics
The website can be used to view some aggregated statistics. To view the stats in json (instead of the regular html view), you have to add the "Accept:application/json" HTTP Header to your request. For instance:

You can also use the commandline interface to request json formatted statistics. For instance to view the statistics available on or view what different architectures are used:

The following options are available:
 * search
 * -c, --category
 * -p', --package''
 * -v', --version''
 * -r', --repo''
 * --min_hosts
 * --max_hosts
 * list
 * arch
 * feature
 * lang
 * mirror
 * repo
 * package
 * use