To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>,
	Dave Page <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>,
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Subject: Re: Request for download stats on release 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
	message dated "Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:55:16 -0300"
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 22:27:10 -0400
Message-ID: <23159.1092277630@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org> writes:
> Maybe have an extension on initdb so that if run from a terminal, it 
> prompts the installer for whether they want to send in a simple email 
> letting us know its being used ... ?

I think this is a bad idea.  People will find it invasive of their
privacy, and even with it we'd still have no idea of real usage counts,
considering how many people would opt out --- or never see the prompt
in the first place, because they're using an RPM or .deb installation
that's going to run initdb non-interactively.

We used to have a request to send email in the message that got printed
by 'make install'.  How many people responded to that?  Darn few that
I can recall.

			regards, tom lane