On 01/15/2014 03:32 PM, Israel wrote:
> That might be useful. I think including a 'Report Problem ' button
> would be nice so all the bug reports can go to a common area. I get
> bug reports for Ubuntu occasionally (though honestly a lot of them
> have been for the packaging... which I have been chipping away at fixing)
> But if someone has a real problem with the actual program, having an
> easy way to send a bug report is a good idea!
>
> On 01/14/2014 03:37 PM, Tobiasz Karon' wrote:
>>
>> This idea comes back to me again: could LMMS gather some statistics
>> if users agree to participate?
>>
>> What info and why?
>>
>> - LMMS version
>> - operating system
>> - screen resolution
>> - audio back-end
>> - instruments/plugins usage
>> - feature usage (clicks on every UI element)
>> - crashes per month
>> - problem reports (user input - would require a "report problem" feature)
>> - ?
>>
This could be implemented BUT - a huge BUT: it needs to be entirely
transparent, voluntary and opt-in, and respectful of the user's privacy.
Here's the bare minimum requirements:
- when you first run LMMS a dialog could pop up asking if the user wants
to participate, and if the user selects "no" they won't be bothered
about it again.
- this dialog should also explain clearly what kind of data is sent and
where.
- the feature should also be able to be later manually turned off/on
from the settings, and that setting must be easy to find.
- we should also collect data on a strictly need-to-know basis, ie. only
collect things that are a) strictly necessary/useful for the development
of LMMS, and b) anonymous - can't be used to identify/track the user.
Post-Snowden, there's no playing around with this kind of stuff...
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