I think they check which packages are currently in use (if you install
one via Ubuntu's package manager you even see a star rating, I don't
know if that's the same, though).

2010/10/27 Marc Paré <[email protected]>:
> Le 2010-10-27 15:30, AG a écrit :
>
>> Marc
>>
>> I had in mind some kind of sub-routine that, with the user's sign in,
>> would use system data (language preference, locality) along with LibO
>> data (which components are used and relative frequency) and periodically
>> send this data in an anonymised (scrubbed) manner to the LibO team for
>> statistical analysis.
>>
>> The process would have to be transparent, open to user scrutiny and
>> something that they select to do as a contribution to the overall
>> project development, much in the way that SETI would use spare cycles to
>> crunch numbers and send off, in a similar way LibO could request that
>> users sign up to send preference stats.
>>
>> I'm no programmer so probably am not using the appropriate jargon, so I
>> hope this clumsy description outlines the idea. The advantages are: the
>> user doesn't have to register nor do anything aside from tick a box
>> during LibO installation and second, it does lay the ground for
>> promoting LibO as a community-led concept that has a "built in" means of
>> recruiting and then using user feedback. The latter available through
>> selection - like a continuum of data to send back to LibO including
>> explicit feedback opportunities and joining a community to pool
>> experience and expertise.
>>
>> Something like that, anyway.
>>
>> AG
>>
>
> I don't think I would favour this. There is too much potential for gathering
> data from users and we could really run in trouble if criticism were to
> spread that we are data mining our LibO users.
>
> Is there anything like that on the debian project?
>
> Marc
>
>
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