On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM, Ed Hartnett <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It would be great if, each time netCDF were built, we would get > an email from the build system, telling us things like what > configure options were used, what compilers were used, and what > the platform was. [...] ARGHHHH!!!!! > Is there some good reason not to do this? > But I have never seen it done... There already were a few scandals with such "home calling software" in the news. Leaking and publishing private user data, especially if done in such a sneaky thievly way, is prohibited by law (at least in Germany). Open source often is concerned about freedom in general and should be unlikely to perform such actions... oki, Steffen _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf