On 1/19/10, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: > In a similar vein, has anyone ever put any 'phone home' code in a > package, so that authors can track usage? Something in the package > startup code that pings a logging server, for example? > > Yes I know doing such a thing without telling the user and giving > them an opt-out is evil. > Why would this be evil? For R, for example? I've already read some objections to this on r-help, but I'm not sure I understand the reasons. As long as the 'ping' happens once, at first start, anonymously, and requires confirmation from the user, I do not see an issue with the behaviour.
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