[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

Steve VanSlyck s.vanslyck at spamcop.net
Fri Jul 30 14:24:34 UTC 2010


"Dial home" or "phone home" is a euphimism from the movie ET. It refers to software that "checks in" periodically with the software devolper. Many people consider phone home implementations not to be features so much as spyware.

----- Original Message -----
From: nevio carlos de alarcão <nevinhoalarcao at gmail.com>
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list <mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:22:25 -0300
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki version statistics

> Hi, could you explain what does this dial home feature mean? It would be
> more comprehensive toward those who are not software expert but do want to
> contribute. Thank you. Regards, Nevio



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