On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Kern Sibbald <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 30 September 2009 19:06:32 Victor Hugo dos Santos wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Victor Hugo dos Santos
[...] >> maybe you was commented this on past, but what are your opinion about >> include a code on bacula's services to send information about wich >> version is running ?? > > No, I haven't commented on this in the past. It is problematic though. I > would like to respect user's privacy. Yes.. is necessary.. but, if we are transparent us user.. so, no problem... for example... After installation of bacula, we show to user a messaje as that: ====== Hello, we aren't a Agency of Intelligence, Spies or a Trojans. We just want get a statistic more precise about use of bacula around of the world. Are you ready to contribute con this ?? The information that will send to Bacula developers is: Bacula Daemon: (Dir|SD|FD) Version: X.XX None private information (name, IPs, SO or other) will be send. Continue (yes|no): ====== >> on DRBD for example, all time that a new version is installed and >> executed, the program query if the admin want send the version number >> to developers for statistics. >> >> IMHO, this a good option. > > Yes, it is worth thinking about. However, if one judges by my own actions, I > don't think I have ever agreed to send statistics back to anyone when I had > the choice. Of course, if you are using a Microsoft product, as a user, you > have no choice. They require you to register it. If we were to do something > it would be an opt-in, but unless we can offer some compelling reason, I > think most people will not agree to send information. On my case, I don't have problems to send this information to DRBD, Debian and others projects and I believe that users that use open source softwares, either. bye -- -- Victor Hugo dos Santos Linux Counter #224399 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
