[tex-live] TL 13 -- how many maintained installations are there?

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Tue Apr 15 15:29:43 CEST 2014



Norbert Preining wrote:

>> I do not see why this needs to be opt-in.  Why not
>> have TLMGR (attempt to) update a remote database with
>> anonymised usage data every time it is invoked ?  Who
>> could possibly object ?
>
> While I would be happy (for my ego) to see the numbers, I object strongly.
>
> I despise any software that phones home, out of whatever reasons, if it
> is not strictly opt-in.
>
> I will not support or implement any automatic phone-home mechanism.
>
> Norbert

OK, let me re-cast the above :  "Who (apart from Norbert) could
possibly object ?".

** Phil.



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