Maybe make it an option when installing?
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Justin Swanhart <greenl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I agree with Kristian. Given the way it works, the statistics are really > meaningless and I feel you shouldn't drive important choices based on bad > statistics. I personally would suggest displaying a link to a > feedback/survey form with web downloads and display a message after rpm/deb > installation that says something like "please visit > http://blah/blah/blah/survey to tell us more about the features you use > and help direct the future development of MariaDB". This has an added > bonus: not all users know about all features, and a list/survey of the > important and interesting ones could get more users to use them. > > Just my $.02 > > --Justin > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Kristian Nielsen <kniel...@knielsen-hq.org > > wrote: > >> Michael Widenius <mo...@askmonty.org> writes: >> >> > for the alpha so I suggested Sergei today that we should enable it for >> > the beta period of MariaDB 10.0 >> >> (10.*1* beta, I guess?) >> >> > As most MariaDB users should know, the feedback is totally anonymous >> > and no private or sensitive information is being sent. >> > >> > Any comments, suggestions or recommendations? >> >> I think it is a bad idea. Please do not do it. >> >> "Phone-home" is a misfeature in any product, and even more so in system >> software like a database. >> >> And besides, the information is much less useful than you think, because >> of >> unknown, but probably extreme, data skew. In fact, it will probably be >> more >> harmful than useful because people will use bad data to justify bad >> decisions. >> >> Experience supports this point of view with our download numbers. They do >> not >> include apt-get / yum / etc. installations, which judging from IRC >> conversations are the majority. Yet people continuely refer to them as >> though >> they mean anything, just because they are there. >> >> - Kristian. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> Post to : maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss > Post to : maria-discuss@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maria-discuss > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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