popularity-contest

[NoOp]

On 03/28/2007 02:57 PM, Jeffrey F. Bloss wrote:
> John Dangler wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 22:19 +0100, John K Masters wrote:
>> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:05:26 -0400
>> > John Dangler <jdangler at atlantic.net> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 16:36 +0200, Carsten Aulbert wrote:
>> > > > OOzy Pal wrote:
>> > > > > I just updated my Kubuntu and I saw popularity-contest installing
>> > > > > in my computer. What is this
>> > > > 
>> > > > Quote from aptitude show popularity-contest
>> > > > 
>> > > > "
>> > > > When you install this package, it sets up a cron job that will
>> > > > anonymously submit statistics about your most used packages
>> > > > periodically to the developers.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  This information helps us make decisions such as which packages
>> > > > should be promoted and so be in standard installs.
>> > > 
>> > > So, why don't they ask first before installing this?  It is certainly
>> > > a legitimate request, and I don't mind helping out the packagers at
>> > > all, but to find out that it's running via the list was a bit
>> > > disconcerting...
>> > > 
>> > On a fresh install you are asked if you wish to participate, at least I
>> > was on Ubuntu (Feisty), Kubuntu (Feisty) and Debian Etch. Not sure
>> > about upgrades tho'.
>> hrmm.. I don't remember that during Edgy...
> 
> I believe it's installed automatically by default, but disabled. My
> feeble memory seems to recall seeing some dialog about enabling it
> along the way somewhere in the Edgy install, but I could be wrong
> about that.

Don't recall being asked. All of my installs are via the alternate CD's
and while I may have a slight case of CRS, I honestly don't recall this.

In any even, it doesn't matter any more... it's been uninstalled.

> 
> It's in System > Administration > Software Sources, on the Statistics
> tab if you want to check. If you weren't previously aware of it it
> *should* still be disabled.
> 

In Feisty there is a tab for this, in Dapper there is not.

I guess it's time to fire up the utils to see what else is calling home.