I totally agree with this. It should be disabled by default. It should be totally Opt In.
Javier On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 12:27 PM stan via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:57:39 -0000 > "Olivier Lemasle" <o...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm packaging Open Policy Agent [1] (OPA) for Fedora. However, with > > version 0.20.0, OPA added a telemetry service, enabled by default, > > reporting to a OPA-managed service the OPA version, a UUID and the > > build architecture (cf changelog [2] and privacy information [3]) > > > > I didn't find any Fedora policy regarding this kind of opt-out > > telemetry, so I asked the Fedora Packaging Commitee for advice [4]. I > > got advised to ask Fedora community on this mailing list. > > > > So do you think it is ok to package OPA as is, or should I patch it > > to make telemetry opt-in by disabling it by default in the Fedora > > package? > > > > More globally, what do you think should be done in Fedora packages > > when an upstream project includes a telemetry service? > > > > Thank you & regards, > > > > -- > > Olem > > > > [1] https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ > > [2] https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/releases/tag/v0.20.0 > > [3] https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/privacy/ > > [4] https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/991 > > Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this. Most of us here are > probably not running in the cloud, so this will have little effect on > us. However, even though it doesn't affect me, I think that this should > be disabled by default (be opt in) as a matter of policy. As part of > using a distribution, the updating of software is up to the maintainer > because they ensure that it is compatible with other software that is > available. For example, firefox has this same capability disabled by > default in Fedora. > > This, of course, is an old school view. I read about people using > various methods to install containers, where Fedora does not > maintain and takes no responsibility for the quality of the software. > In that case, it might be reasonable to turn this on. Linux in general > seems to be heading in that direction, so you should take that into > account. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- ------------------------------ /\_/\ |O O| pepeb...@gmail.com ~~~~ Javier Perez ~~~~ While the night runs ~~~~ toward the day... m m Pepebuho watches from his high perch.
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