[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.
More information about the tex-live
mailing list