Re: Live CDs for upcoming shows

Chander Ganesan wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> O.k. folks, it is that time of year again. Normally we press anywhere
>> from 500-1000 live cds for the upcoming years events. However, I am
>> starting to wonder if it is worth it.
>>
> I think it might be a good idea to have a little phone home option
> (something as simple as a quick wget on boot or something) to get an
> idea as to how many of these are actually ever loaded - it wouldn't be
> the best metric, but it would be something.  That might be the first
> step in trying to figure out how useful they are to produce.

This enters into privacy issues.  If this were to be done, it must be
explicitly permitted by the user.  That is, ask them, confirm, call
home.  Once.

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