+1 to opt in only On Mon, 3 Aug 2015 8:48 pm Alessandro Pasotti <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2015-08-03 12:39 GMT+02:00 Vincent Picavet (ml) <[email protected]>: > >> Hello, >> >> On 03/08/2015 10:23, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote: >> > In a separate thread, Neal raises the point below. Moving it to a >> > separate thread here. >> > >> > Nyal asks: "... On a semi-related theme, we really need a core "QGIS >> > update available" plugin. I suspect there's a ton of users still on >> > 2.8.0/.1/<2.8 just due to not knowing there's a new version out. This >> > could also be really handy for tracking stats of users..." >> > >> > @Nyall: we already have an menu item: Help/Check QGIS version >> > But I just checked, and in 2.8.3 it says that I should update to 2.10, >> > so I think that is more or less broken since we do LTR versions... >> >> Repairing this feature, and maybe having an automated background check >> at startup would be good for this feature. >> >> > And we did have this ping back discussion earlier, resulting in "we >> > cannot do it because of the privacy issues". >> > >> > Though I'm pretty privacy-minded, I am actually in favour of a ping >> back! >> > >> > Given the following plan, does that guarantee enough privacy for people >> > who were against it earlier: >> > >> > - during first creation of .qgis2 user folder (upon first installation) >> > we generate some uuid (based on currentime+somerandom) >> > - upon later startups QGIS fires a HTTP GET request to a webserver which >> > contains this UUID + the language + current version used >> > - this request is handled by a separate apache or nginx server which >> > does nothing more then logging this, and returning the (for that branch) >> > latest version. Which is checked for by QGIS >> > - by simple analysing the logs (grepping) we can have some info about >> > our user-base (number of installs given a period of time) and even a >> > live 'currently QGISsing'-guess :-) >> > >> > Can privacy concerning people live with this plan? >> >> Not me. >> >> Any personal information sent by the user should only be done on a >> volontary basis. >> >> I would agree with this if : >> * This is optional >> * This is not activated by default >> * The installer could ask the user if he wants to send statistics to the >> QGIS project, with a list of data items sent. >> >> > As an argument to allowing these pingbacks, as we/I invest pretty much >> > time in localisation around QGIS, it would make me feel better if I know >> > that all this work is actually be used by some people :-) >> >> User statistics are indeed very important. Privacy is just way more >> important, especially in these troubled times. I do think we, as >> opensource community members, and digital era citizens, have to show the >> way. Do not ever do things users would consider evil without getting >> their agreement. >> >> Regards, >> Vincent >> >> > > I fully agree with Vincent's opinion. > > Regards. > > > -- > Alessandro Pasotti > w3: www.itopen.it > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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