[gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'feedback'

[gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'feedback'

[Andreas Sturmlechner]

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Going to be used by 10 packages.

Description: "Send anonymized usage information to upstream so they can better 
understand our users"

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'feedback'

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 4/13/20 10:58 AM, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
> Going to be used by 10 packages.
> 
> Description: "Send anonymized usage information to upstream so they can better 
> understand our users"
> 

These are all really generic words that might be used by other
(non-QT/KDE) packages to mean totally different things. IMO it would be
better to use names like qt-designer, plasma-activities, etc.

Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'feedback' -> 'telemetry'?

[Andreas Sturmlechner]

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On Monday, 13 April 2020 17:01:37 CEST Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> On 4/13/20 10:58 AM, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
> > Going to be used by 10 packages.
> > 
> > Description: "Send anonymized usage information to upstream so they can
> > better understand our users"
> 
> These are all really generic words that might be used by other
> (non-QT/KDE) packages to mean totally different things.

Less generic, if we could keep this thread about $Subject, would be 
'telemetry'. Less positive also, but not as likely to be used for different 
purpose in the future.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'feedback' -> 'telemetry'?

[Michał Górny]

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On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 19:41 +0200, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
> On Monday, 13 April 2020 17:01:37 CEST Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> > On 4/13/20 10:58 AM, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
> > > Going to be used by 10 packages.
> > > 
> > > Description: "Send anonymized usage information to upstream so they can
> > > better understand our users"
> > 
> > These are all really generic words that might be used by other
> > (non-QT/KDE) packages to mean totally different things.
> 
> Less generic, if we could keep this thread about $Subject, would be 
> 'telemetry'. Less positive also, but not as likely to be used for different 
> purpose in the future.

Why not call it 'spyware'?  ;-)

/me hides

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Best regards,
Michał Górny


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Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New global USE flag 'feedback' -> 'telemetry'?

[Andreas Sturmlechner]

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On Monday, 13 April 2020 19:43:07 CEST Michał Górny wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 19:41 +0200, Andreas Sturmlechner wrote:
> > Less generic, if we could keep this thread about $Subject, would be
> > 'telemetry'. Less positive also, but not as likely to be used for
> > different
> > purpose in the future.
> 
> Why not call it 'spyware'?  ;-)
> 
> /me hides

It probably had to come up but imo the way they are implementing it is fine.

https://community.kde.org/Policies/Telemetry_Policy

Since it is Opt-In feature the flag would be even safe to enable by default.

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