On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 16:38, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi devs, > > I think it would be great to have some indication of how many active > instances of XWiki are out there in the wild. The idea is not so much to > know the figure but to see how this figures evolves and thus to see if we're > doing things right. It will also give us information about how quickly or > slowly our user base upgrades from version to version. > > Here's my proposal: > > * When installing XWiki on a clean DB (ie first time install) generate a > unique id and store it in the DB (similar to the version we're storing in > the DB but using some UUID). Thus when an install is upgraded the same id is > preserved. > * When the Extension Manager is used and thus connects to > extensions.xwiki.org (default extension repository), this unique ID is > sent too. > * In addition the version of XE is sent too > * On extensions.xwiki.org side, we only log the unique ID/XE version > **without** logging the IP or any other information thus ensuring that the > ID remains completely anonymous > * We display a counter on xwiki.org about the # of active instances of XE > with a graph about XE versions used > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > +1 That should be cool to have, this is why I am +1, but we should provide a way to opt-in to these stats in the extension manager. This could be active by default, and the interface should explain what we collect exactly shortly, with a link to a privacy policy on XWiki.org. The release adding this should also clearly state this change and provide complete information so no one is afraid. -- Denis Gervalle SOFTEC sa - CEO eGuilde sarl - CTO _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
