[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5066: Make update checking more consumer-friendly

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#5066: Make update checking more consumer-friendly
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 Reporter:  zamoose                        |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement                    |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                         |    Milestone:  2.4      
Component:  Administration                 |      Version:  2.3      
 Severity:  normal                         |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion privacy  |  
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Comment (by docwhat):

 How about instead of enabling/disabling the auto-update-notification
 feature, we enable/disable the sending of the information that bugs
 people?

 E.g.:

 {{{
 When receiving and sending services
 (RSS, API, ATOM, etc.) WordPress should:
  [x] Identify as WordPress/2.3 and the blog
      URL when appropriate
  [ ] Be anonymous
 }}}

 Selecting "Be anonymous" would replace the user-agent string with
 something generic (bug #5065) and remove the generator strings (bug
 #5085).

 Ciao!

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