Re: Bug#426581: meshlab - anyone still working on this

[David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca>]

>>>>> "Paolo" == Paolo Cignoni <cignoni@gmail.com> writes:

    Paolo> Yes, it phones home regularly.
[snip]
    Paolo> In any case i need this
    Paolo> feature so i could disable it but only for Debian builds.
    Paolo> Is it possible to know at compile time if the runnining
    Paolo> system is a 100% debian?  I mean, i need that feature, and
    Paolo> disabling it for 'easy' distribution like ubuntu seems me
    Paolo> non very reasonable.  People installing skype could also
    Paolo> tolerate meshlabs that phones home.

Hi Paolo;

Unfortunately many debian developers consider skype evil, so they
won't find this argument too convincing :-). Anyway, do you know
about the popularity contest mechanism? http://popcon.debian.org

I mention this for two reasons:

1) you could get some data about how many people are using your
software on Debian.

2) maybe it could be adapted for meshlab use on other (linux/unix)
systems in an opt-in way. 

All the best, 

David