Re: [Banshee-List] anonymous usage data

[Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:54 AM, David Nielsen <gnomeuser gmail com> wrote:
>
>
> 2010/2/12 Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Alexander Kojevnikov
>> <alexander kojevnikov com> wrote:
>> > On 12 February 2010 19:11, David Nielsen <gnomeuser gmail com> wrote:
>> >> If one was to run with --debug-sql could we also report frequent long
>> >> sql
>> >> queries perhaps. I've noticed a lot of users complaining about
>> >> Banshee's
>> >> performance and while digging through logs I've noticed that it is
>> >> possible
>> >> to get queries lasting several seconds. It would be nice to see just
>> >> how
>> >> frequent this happens to users.
>> >
>> > I was sceptical about the whole idea until I saw this. I could
>> > definitely make use of this information.
>>
>> Yeah, it's a good one.  We can do it without requiring --debug, too.
>>
>> I have a rough first pass at this whole usage data/metrics work in
>> master now.  You can opt-in to it via Preferences.  It doesn't
>> actually send the data anywhere yet, but it will collect it.  So far I
>> have it collecting info on:
>>
>> * What assemblies are loaded/what versions
>> * Basic distro/os/.NET version info
>> * How long/frequently Banshee is run
>> * What source is active (and when it changes)
>> * What CultureInfo/locale we're in
>> * Track counts for libraries, podcasts, radio, etc
>> * Total play count / skip count
>> * How many tracks are rated
>> * Timestamp of when the app starts, exits (and duration)
>>
>> You can see an example Json dump of the collected data here:
>> http://banshee-project.org/~gburt/tmp/usage-data.txt
>>
>> Anybody should feel free to help out adding other interesting metrics!
>
> How about collecting data on which columns are enabled in which views and
> the order in which they are placed. To help us spot where the users
> frequently alter the Banshee defaults and thus indicating that we are doing
> it wrong(tm).

Great idea, I'm adding it to my personal todo list.

Gabriel