I don't know what your background is, but I assume you are a big Google Analyitcs fan/user. There are lot's of people who don't care about Google Analytics and I am one of them.
So if you remove your Google Analytics argument, the only motivation to remove that code is because it reduces database space and memory needs to make it cheaper to deploy ? Why not just makw an option you need to turn on (or off) if you want it ? Mvgr, Martin 2013/8/27 Glen Mazza <glen.ma...@gmail.com>: > Hi Team, Roller trunk still maintains a "Referrers" page for each blog > created, which gives a list of external sites which had someone click on a > link taking the person to the Roller blog. This list is maintained for 24 > hours only, resetting to zero at the end of each day. This information is > populated from a database table and a background process that writes all > incoming referrers to that table. > > Nowadays people who are interested in that information use free Google > Analytics, which is soooooo much better (stores data for months for free), > and I see no reason for us to reinvent the wheel by trying to duplicate > their service. Those who don't care about this information won't be on > Google Analytics, but they won't be caring about that Referrer page either, > so that page really isn't helping anyone today. > > So I'd like to pull out the Referrer page and move the unrelated Blog Hit > reset button on that page to the Maintenance page. Also, remove the > background process and related classes involved with writing to the referrer > table, and update the User Guide mentioning Google Analytics. We won't have > a referrer table anymore in 5.1, and the 5.0-to-5.1 migration script will > just ignore the 5.0 referrer table, so it will sit dormant in 5.1 > installations. By removing the SQL processes related to storing the > referrers, it will help speed up Roller while reducing database space and > memory needs, making it easier and cheaper to deploy on ISPs/PaaSs. > > WDYT? > > Regards, > Glen >
