Bruno Wolff III wrote:
That's what doesn't make sense. If the UUID is unique to the install, then it doesn't tell you anything. If it is somehow unique to the hardware, then that mapping needs to be made transparent as that reveals other information (probably cpu and disk serial numbers and nic mac addresses) about the users hardware.
It makes sense if you just want to count the number if install instances. Additional details like hardware information, etc should be a separate section so that the user has the final say in what information should be submitted, i.e. if he/she decides to report in.
The report-in should be a one time only prompt. The user should have the flexibility to skip it and manually report in later if required. A nag screen will not be appreciated by anyone.
If you are really worried about duplicate installs on essentially the same machine, then perhaps a check box indicating that would be a better way to provide that information.
I agree, a check box indicating if this is a repeat install would be great. -- Regards Vivek J. Patankar Registered Linux User #374218 Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) Linux 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 x86_64
