+1 for always opt-in, and also a good way to back to opt-out if you opt-in by mistake.
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmaili...@duif.net> wrote: > On 17-10-16 09:53, Matthias Kuhn wrote: > >> * a list of current crowd funding projects and their funding progress > >> > * a panel for us to directly send notifications to users e.g. 'QGIS > >> > 2.14.7 is out, please upgrade!' > > That's already in place. Information is read from > > https://ubuntu.qgis.org/version.txt > > > > It could be improved to fetch different files based on LTR/Non-LTR. > > > >> > * links for funding and sponsoring QGIS > > In general I am in favor of adding all this to the welcome page. It can > > be used to unobtrusively raise awareness and it's easy to disable if > > some people don't like it. > > My 2ct: > > I still find it strange that we are allowed to try to retrieve > version.txt without notice, given some time ago when we had the idea to > do an anonymous ping-back to have a clue about users/downloads, and we > were heavily criticized for that idea... > Myself I already had some practical problems with the version.txt. In a > school/organisation which is not 'able' to upgrade, you every time see > the message: "You can upgrade!..." but they can't and shouldn't... > Another issue I saw when you start up a centrally installed QGIS as new > user you get an error because QGIS tries to retrieve version.txt but is > not able because there is not proxy defined yet... > > To make myself even more clear: I'm in favor for both > - QGIS pinging back (and give us some anonymous info about OS, > installer, use, version, userhash etc) > - the use of news feeds like Mathias proposes (but please let it be rst > and easily translatable) > > But ONLY after(!) a clear 'YES' by the user, in which he/she gives a > fiat for sending and receiving such info... I think the average QGIS > user is OK with it if we make it clear enough that for the project it is > important to have insight in such info. > > I would favor opt-in and not opt-out. > > Regards, > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > Qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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