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[Adam Scott <adam.c.scott@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe make it an option when installing?




On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Justin Swanhart <greenlion@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I agree with Kristian.  Given the way it works, the statistics are really
> meaningless and I feel you shouldn't drive important choices based on bad
> statistics.  I personally would suggest displaying a link to a
> feedback/survey form with web downloads and display a message after rpm/deb
> installation that says something like "please visit
> http://blah/blah/blah/survey to tell us more about the features you use
> and help direct the future development of MariaDB".  This has an added
> bonus: not all users know about all features, and a list/survey of the
> important and interesting ones could get more users to use them.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> --Justin
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 1:19 AM, Kristian Nielsen <knielsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> Michael Widenius <monty@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> > for the alpha so I suggested Sergei today that we should enable it for
>> > the beta period of MariaDB 10.0
>>
>> (10.*1* beta, I guess?)
>>
>> > As most MariaDB users should know, the feedback is totally anonymous
>> > and no private or sensitive information is being sent.
>> >
>> > Any comments, suggestions or recommendations?
>>
>> I think it is a bad idea. Please do not do it.
>>
>> "Phone-home" is a misfeature in any product, and even more so in system
>> software like a database.
>>
>> And besides, the information is much less useful than you think, because
>> of
>> unknown, but probably extreme, data skew. In fact, it will probably be
>> more
>> harmful than useful because people will use bad data to justify bad
>> decisions.
>>
>> Experience supports this point of view with our download numbers. They do
>> not
>> include apt-get / yum / etc. installations, which judging from IRC
>> conversations are the majority. Yet people continuely refer to them as
>> though
>> they mean anything, just because they are there.
>>
>>  - Kristian.
>>
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