[rfc] include "registration form" with the Bazaar distribution

[Ian Clatworthy]

John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> Martin Pool wrote:
>> When I was working on distcc (when I had more spare time! :-) I
>> included a registration form/survey with the source distribution (see
>> attached.)  I think we should do the same with Bazaar, for a few
>> reasons:
> 
>> * hearing from people who are using the program and like it is
>> enormously encouraging
>> * hearing from people who are having trouble or want something is
>> pretty helpful in guiding development - you can pick up trends or
>> wishes that might not be strong enough individually to motivate a bug
>> or list post
>> * some people allow you to use their comments to build up a
>> testimonial list - http://distcc.samba.org/results.html

It's an interesting idea. I wonder whether having an online web page for
this is better than including it in a release though. To start with, the
online form can be improved and tweaked at any time. I guess sending
registration forms via email has the advantage of collecting return
addresses for follow-up questions though. You can ask for that on a web
form but may not get it.

>> I'll adapt this for Bazaar and put up a patch - I'd like it in this
>> release, if possible.

I assume you mean 0.19. If you mean 0.18, we'll need that patch *real* soon.

Ian C.