Hi! Could we know more about those downloads, like for example their OS? I believe that is probably a better guess of our user base than the downloads.
Thanks Alex On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 11:47 AM Tim Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > Interestingly our web stats tracker shows version.txt being hit 57.5 > million times in 2018 - which is a pretty useful indication of the amount > of usage QGIS gets. Even if you divide that by 365 it would reflect > around 157428 daily active users*. > > > * Assuming awstats can be believed to be a true reflection of users using > QGIS and not bots etc. > > > DownloadsHits206 HitsBandwidthAverage size > /version.txt <http://www.qgis.org/version.txt> 57,461,449 12 120.99 GB 2.21 > KB > > > For me I am fine making it opt-in if that is what others prefer…. > > Regards > > Tim > > > On 4 Jun 2019, at 06:38, Richard Duivenvoorde <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 04/06/2019 07.11, Etienne Trimaille wrote: > > In QGIS Settings -> "General", you can disable "Check QGIS version". > > If you are deploying QGIS with an INI file, you can do it > programmatically. You can hide this checkbox because QGIS version is > managed by the system administrator. > > https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_configuration.html#deploying-qgis-within-an-organization > > Le mar. 4 juin 2019 à 06:55, Bernhard Ströbl <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> a écrit : > > On that occasion: > > how can I deactivate the new version information? I get frequent calls > from my users asking if they need to do something. It's kind of > annoying > because we use LTS. > > > In my view, this should be DISabled by default, and being asked (at > startup?) if the user wants this. > > It is actually a 'phone home' mechanisme, which I personally dislike > (even if developers developed it as 'service for users'). > > Quickmapservices plugin does the same (and stalls QGIS till timeout if > you network/proxy issues). > > Regards, > > Richard Duivenvoorde > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > > > — > > > > > > > > > *Tim Sutton* > > *Co-founder:* Kartoza > *Ex Project chair:* QGIS.org > > Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source: > > Desktop GIS programming services > Geospatial web development > GIS Training > Consulting Services > > *Skype*: timlinux > *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net > > I'd love to connect. Here's my calendar link > <https://calendly.com/timlinux> to make finding time easy. > > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
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