It's an interesting thought.
But it sounds a lot like the Usage Data Collector (UDC).
Unfortunately, we didn't collect this sort of information and the
UDC has been shut down.
Any time you "call home", you're going to make somebody angry. There
are always privacy issues to consider. This means that some sort of
UI element is required to allow the user to opt in.
At this point in time, we do not have the resources to re-implement
the UDC or something like it.
Wayne
On 07/15/2013 12:53 PM, Mickael Istria
wrote:
On 07/15/2013 06:44 PM, Konstantin
Komissarchik wrote:
Regarding
default preferences, the “best” thing to do is to capture
what preferences the users are tweaking using an automated
usage collection system. Then one can produce a report
showing, for instance, how many users prefer line numbers
in the margin. If the stats really do favor line numbers,
then the default setting should be revisited regardless of
history. If the stats show the opposite, then the reports
can be published, which should partly help to pacify those
who incorrectly assume that their preference is
representative of the majority.
+1, that's a good idea.
In any case, such reports should be made public. It shows users
that they have some control on the deliveries. And their content
will be very nice input to the most famous trolls of code style
(tab vs margins, 80 columns...).
Should I open a bug to suggest this "Preference Collector"
mechanism?
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