Interesting data, thanks Tim! Cheers. On 04/06/19 12:46, Tim Sutton 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 > /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 >>> >>> 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] <mailto:[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 <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] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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