On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 4:16 AM, Ernst Sjöstrand <ern...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > "Send diagnostics information to help improve Ubuntu" sounds like > you're continuously reporting things, but your proposal looks more > like a single "installation ping" or something. > I guess the apport and popcon reports would be continuous though?
The list that Will shared would be a one-time shot, after install, asynchronously after networking is up on first boot (unless opted-out). Popcon would report periodically, and Apport would report crashes (again, unless opted out). > If you do this you should really make sure everything has http proxy > (set in user session only?) support, so you can pick up some extra > corporate users. For sure! Good catch. > Sending it from the user session fits well with the privacy settings. > > Sounds reasonable otherwise. Are trackpads enought trouble to collect data on? Potentially. That's the exact sort thing that we need data on, to help make Ubuntu better :-) Cheers, Dustin > Regards > //Ernst > > 2018-02-14 16:22 GMT+01:00 Will Cooke <will.co...@canonical.com>: >> Dear all, >> >> We want to be able to focus our engineering efforts on the things that >> matter most to our users, and in order to do that we need to get some more >> data about sort of setups our users have and which software they are running >> on it. >> >> We would like to add a checkbox to the installer, exact wording TBD, but >> along the lines of “Send diagnostics information to help improve Ubuntu”. >> This would be checked by default. >> >> The result of having that box checked would be: >> >> * Information from the installation would be sent over HTTPS to a service >> run by Canonical’s IS team. This would be saved to disk and sent on first >> boot once there is a network connection. The file containing this data >> would be available for the user to inspect. >> >> That data would include: >> * Ubuntu Flavour >> * Ubuntu Version >> * Network connectivity or not >> * CPU family >> * RAM >> * Disk(s) size >> * Screen(s) resolution >> * GPU vendor and model >> * OEM Manufacturer >> * Location (based on the location selection made by the user at install). >> No IP information would be gathered >> * Installation duration (time taken) >> * Auto login enabled or not >> * Disk layout selected >> * Third party software selected or not >> * Download updates during install or not >> * LivePatch enabled or not >> >> * Popcon would be installed. This will allow us to spot trends in package >> usage and help us to focus on the packages which are of most value to our >> users. >> >> * Apport would be configured to automatically send anonymous crash reports >> without user interruption. >> >> The results of this data would be made public. E.g. People would be able to >> see that X% of Ubuntu users are based in .de vs Y% in .za. Z% of our users >> run Dell hardware, and so on. >> The Ubuntu privacy policy would be updated to reflect this change. >> >> Any user can simply opt out by unchecking the box, which triggers one simple >> POST stating, “diagnostics=false”. There will be a corresponding checkbox >> in the Privacy panel of GNOME Settings to toggle the state of this. >> >> And to reiterate, the service which stores this data would *never* store IP >> addresses. >> >> We value your feedback and comments! >> >> Cheers, Will >> On behalf of the Ubuntu Desktop Team >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-devel mailing list >> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel >> > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
