Hi Those are just pings against version.txt - we could probably trawl the apache logs to get OS etc….
Regards Tim > On 4 Jun 2019, at 14:53, Alexandre Neto <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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. > > > Downloads Hits 206 Hits Bandwidth Average size > <text.png> /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] >> <mailto:[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 >>> >>> <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]> >>> <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >> <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > — > > > <KartozaNewLogoThumbnail.jpg> > > > > > > > Tim Sutton > > Co-founder: Kartoza > Ex Project chair: QGIS.org <http://qgis.org/> > > Visit http://kartoza.com <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 <http://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] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> — Tim Sutton Co-founder: Kartoza Ex Project chair: QGIS.org Visit http://kartoza.com <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.
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