[QGIS-Developer] New version notifications

[Alexandre Neto]

Hi!

Could we know more about those downloads, like for example their OS? I
believe that is probably a better guess of our user base than the downloads.

Thanks


Alex

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 11:47 AM Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> wrote:

> Interestingly our web stats tracker shows version.txt being hit 57.5
> million times in 2018 - which is a pretty useful indication of the amount
> of usage QGIS gets. Even if you divide that by 365 it would reflect
> around 157428 daily active users*.
>
>
> * Assuming awstats can be believed to be a true reflection of users using
> QGIS and not bots etc.
>
>
> DownloadsHits206 HitsBandwidthAverage size
> /version.txt <http://www.qgis.org/version.txt> 57,461,449 12 120.99 GB 2.21
> KB
>
>
> For me I am fine making it opt-in if that is what others prefer….
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 4 Jun 2019, at 06:38, Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net> wrote:
>
> On 04/06/2019 07.11, Etienne Trimaille wrote:
>
> In QGIS Settings -> "General", you can disable "Check QGIS version".
>
> If you are deploying QGIS with an INI file, you can do it
> programmatically. You can hide this checkbox because QGIS version is
> managed by the system administrator.
>
> https://docs.qgis.org/3.4/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_configuration.html#deploying-qgis-within-an-organization
>
> Le mar. 4 juin 2019 à 06:55, Bernhard Ströbl <bernhard.stroebl at jena.de
> <mailto:bernhard.stroebl at jena.de>> a écrit :
>
>    On that occasion:
>
>    how can I deactivate the new version information? I get frequent calls
>    from my users asking if they need to do something. It's kind of
>    annoying
>    because we use LTS.
>
>
> In my view, this should be DISabled by default, and being asked (at
> startup?) if the user wants this.
>
> It is actually a 'phone home' mechanisme, which I personally dislike
> (even if developers developed it as 'service for users').
>
> Quickmapservices plugin does the same (and stalls QGIS till timeout if
> you network/proxy issues).
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Duivenvoorde
> _______________________________________________
> QGIS-Developer mailing list
> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org
> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
>
>
> —
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Tim Sutton*
>
> *Co-founder:* Kartoza
> *Ex Project chair:* QGIS.org
>
> Visit http://kartoza.com to find out about open source:
>
> Desktop GIS programming services
> Geospatial web development
> GIS Training
> Consulting Services
>
> *Skype*: timlinux
> *IRC:* timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net
>
> I'd love to connect. Here's my calendar link
> <https://calendly.com/timlinux> to make finding time easy.
>
> _______________________________________________
> QGIS-Developer mailing list
> QGIS-Developer at lists.osgeo.org
> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/attachments/20190604/fed390fb/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: text.png
Type: image/png
Size: 342 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/attachments/20190604/fed390fb/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: KartozaNewLogoThumbnail.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 6122 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/attachments/20190604/fed390fb/attachment-0001.jpg>