> On 13 Sep 2016, at 01:51, Mark Smith <mcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 9/12/16 11:20 AM, David Fifield wrote: >> Oh, thanks for finding that source code link. I looked for that code and >> didn't find it. >> >> But that's exactly what I'm saying: once someone has downloaded an >> update, they stop sending update pings until their next restart, which >> might explain the decreases in update pings at (8) and (9) in the graphs. > > Ah, right. Sorry for my confusion. > So, yes, your theory really is a good one, although it is surprising > that months later the update ping count did not return to its older > value, e.g., the March counts are significantly higher than August ones. > Maybe our usage is dropping. > > If we think the restart delay is a bad thing, we could be more > aggressive about encouraging people to restart and apply updates. That would mitigate issues where profile changes are ignored between when the update is applied and when users restart the browser: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18179 > > -- > Mark Smith > Pearl Crescent > http://pearlcrescent.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > tor-dev mailing list > tor-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org
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