+1 Thanks, Marius
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Denis Gervalle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
