Ubuntu Hardware Database

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 01:50:41PM +0200, Wouter Stomp wrote:
> On 5/20/06, Paul Sladen <ubuntu at paul.sladen.org> wrote:
> >On Thu, 18 May 2006, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
> >> IMO this should be run at startup for new users, or a link in Device
> >> Manager.
> >
> >Privacy issues is the main reason why something like this wouldn't be run 
> >on
> >start-up;  but it is there for people who do want to submit their results.
> >
> 
> How about enabling it by default on development versions, only
> disabling it in the final version? The people who are running the
> development version are the people who are willing test en send
> information and it would provide the developers with a lot of
> information...

Exactly the same privacy concerns apply to development versions.

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 - mdz