| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Request for download stats on release |
| Date: | 2004-08-12 02:27:10 |
| Message-ID: | 23159.1092277630@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Maybe have an extension on initdb so that if run from a terminal, it
> prompts the installer for whether they want to send in a simple email
> letting us know its being used ... ?
I think this is a bad idea. People will find it invasive of their
privacy, and even with it we'd still have no idea of real usage counts,
considering how many people would opt out --- or never see the prompt
in the first place, because they're using an RPM or .deb installation
that's going to run initdb non-interactively.
We used to have a request to send email in the message that got printed
by 'make install'. How many people responded to that? Darn few that
I can recall.
regards, tom lane
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