Wineconf follow up: Wine Usage Data Collection

[James McKenzie]

Steven Edwards wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> If it's stored in WINEPREFIX, then each time a new prefix is used,
>> they'll get the prompt each time. Then again, maybe most people aren't
>> doing this.
>> How are we tracking apps? By filename/md5sum/filesize/installed filepath?
>>     
>
> I don't think enough people really use prefixes currently for it to
> matter though I'd like to see that change in the future as part of the
> desktop integration work we discussed at WineConf. Also I think a
> mixture of name/sha1 hash is a good way to go. It would do wonders for
> us to tie in to appdb in case there is are tricks and tips for various
> versions of software such as stock, sp1, sp2, etc.
>
>   
How about this for an idea:

The first time and every time thereafter they create a .wine directory,
they will get the opt-in question?

Any other WINEPREFIX will be ignored.

James McKenzie