Re:Audacity fork without any sentry telemetry or crash repor...
by tester756 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @03:24PM
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First off - I don't divide programs into "online" "offline", because what's the point?
It's not like program will stop working when it tries to send crash report without internet connection (if handled correctly).
>I guess the question is - is online telemetry and crash reporting reasonable considered and expected to "it's stuff" for an offline audio editing program?
For me - yes.
Yes, I do consider crash report as a part of software maintenance efforts and I have nothing against sending
critical data e.g at which place it crashed & e.g basic informations like OS, Hardware, GPU/Sound drivers version.
It's not like program will stop working when it tries to send crash report without internet connection (if handled correctly).
>I guess the question is - is online telemetry and crash reporting reasonable considered and expected to "it's stuff" for an offline audio editing program?
For me - yes.
Yes, I do consider crash report as a part of software maintenance efforts and I have nothing against sending
critical data e.g at which place it crashed & e.g basic informations like OS, Hardware, GPU/Sound drivers version.