On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 17:35, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > > sebb wrote on 5/2/21 6:21 AM: > > Passenger apps include remote telemetry, feeding back stats to a > > central server. [1] > > This was enabled by default in versions from 6.0.0 (Whimsy runs 6.0.5) > > > > They say the stats are anonymised, however AFAICT traffic analysis > > would show that a host was using Passenger. > > > > Should the telemetry be disabled for Whimsy? > > > > [1] > > https://www.phusionpassenger.com/docs/advanced_guides/in_depth/ruby/anonymous_telemetry_reporting.html > > Yes, unless we have a tool that needs this, we should turn it off. > > It would be helpful to: > > - Not do this the week before a board meeting > > - Ensure any commits around this clearly note what's happening, so in > case something breaks later, we know exactly how to undo it. > > My only question would be if turning this off removes any of the > debugging information in our error logs that we might have used to help > fix things in the past. I can't think of any cases I've done that tho. > > Thanks, sebb!
Done > -- > - Shane > Whimsy PMC > The Apache Software Foundation
