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Due to my poor english, can't express what I think in a better way
Nedko does !<br>
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This phone home thing sounds like a "windows agent", if remember the
name<br>
correctly ?<br>
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May I suggest to inform people they have to include an option, say
"--PHONEHOME=1"<br>
when compile ? It could be a check box before or after the
subscription one,<br>
with some teasing like "Help Ardour ! Let Paul know more about your
system", and YES,<br>
you have to brainstorm a lot to find the right words to make people
understand you're<br>
not big brother's cousin !!<br>
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To alert on new version, you may ask for a valid mail before download
and mail-list ?<br>
<br>
Personally, it should be ok to send a mail to "Ardour's robot", with an
attached file<br>
generated in the launch phase of Ardour. Just add a repertory and
create a file<br>
with in what you like, is it difficult to program ? From user side, it
could be his little <br>
time invest in Open Source. Hey, some proudly feeling here !<br>
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Please, never enable this by default !<br>
Fred<br>
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* better data on how much Ardour is actually used
* better idea of the balance between OS X and Linux platforms
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Please don't enable send of any data by default. It will violate privacy
and will put bad karma on Ardour.
If the user has not yet chosen her preference, Ardour should be to ask
by opening a dialog with at least two checkboxes, one for sending usage
data and other for new version checks. If the dialog is closed without
Yes/No button press, Ardour should assume No.
It is awful idea to send usage data by default. Policy forcing is in the
domain of distributions. When a user chooses to compile from source, she
wants control over behaviour, not a dictatorsip violating the
anarchistic virtue of the open source liberty.
In the Internet age, statistic data ownership means capital. It is fine
to ask users to donate like this, but don't force them to do this by
default. It will nullify the the positive attitude and may even make it
negative.
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