[mythtv-users] Hardware databases

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 09:24 -0700, Brian Phillips wrote:
> My idea is this:
> 1) When myth is installed, the user is asked if they would like to opt-in to
> a "hardware survey".
> 2) After a specific time frame has passed (eg 100 hours recorded and/or
> watched), if the user has selected to opt-in to the program, the myth system
> will "phone home" to a database and provide a hardware listing.

I've thought about this before. Programmers at hardware makers have told
me they could probably spend more time on Linux if they could show their
bosses some solid numbers for the number of folks using Linux with their
hardware. This would need to be broached with the other developers and
in here and I would need to find the time to actually write the code for
it. I'll follow this thread and see what people's opinions are.

The important points from a user perspective is that it would be opt-in,
only aggregate data would be reported, and the callback server would be
under a server under *.mythtv.org, so it would ultimately be under
Isaac's control. PS I would get user approval immediately before a
"phone home", otherwise someone might forget that they opted in and
get needlessly upset.

-- Daniel