[Bug 1711420] Re: Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?

[dino99]

To let you known: this is maintained (see changelog):

popularity-contest (1.65ubuntu1) bionic; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable.  Remaining changes:
    - Set debconf question priority from "high" to "medium"
    - Remove mail-transport-agent recommends
    - Branding changes in the description and homepage
    - Upload uncompressed reports
    - Set submiturls to popcon.ubuntu.com
    - Set email addresses to point to ubuntu.com
    - Don't encrypt reports the ubuntu server doesn't handle that
    - Really upload uncompressed reports (LP 1545515) and check for
      server response of "Thanks" (LP 1545517). 

 -- Julian Andres Klode <juliank at ubuntu.com>  Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:19:13
+0100

popularity-contest (1.65) unstable; urgency=low

  * Please note when reading stats that Stretch was released with 1.64.
  * popanal.py, gensections.pl, popcon.pl:
    - Read Packages.xz instead of Packages.gz.
  * debian/cron.daily:
    - Make sure /var/log/popularity-contest stay in clear text,
      otherwise tools like popcon-largest-unused breaks.
      Closes: #850568. Thanks Celelibi.
    - "encryption" was misspelt. Thanks Brian Murray. Closes: #816032
  * debian/postinst:
    - generate_id: use /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid when available.
      do not use md5sum. Thanks Sacrificial. Closes: #854712
  * debian/control:
    - Updated Standards-Version from 3.9.6 to 3.9.8.  No change needed.
    - Move to debhelper v9
  * Fix for debconf Russian translation by Aлeкceй Шилин. Closes: #863017

 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe at debian.org>  Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:30:03
+0200

And the manpage is clear enough:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/artful/man8/popularity-contest.8.html

That said, the 'opt-in' removal you are pointing, is the normal usual
app life evolution that user have to understand.

There is no bug here, only your old routine you can discuss with devs on
askubuntu if you still need.

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Title:
  Should be popularity-contest package a part of Ubuntu installer media?

Status in popularity-contest package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Since the removal of the 'opt-in' or was it an 'opt-out' dialog in
  older versions of the Ubuntu(d-i) installer, I have _manually_ enabled
  the popcon utility via:

  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest

  I notice that the website: https://popcon.ubuntu.com/ seems to be
  mostly unmaintained or perhaps abandoned(!?).

  Is this utility really helpful to the Ubuntu Dev's? Should I continue
  to _manually_ enable it after each install, as I have for over 5+
  years?

  If not, can it be removed from the 'ubuntu-standard' package depends?

  Please let me know if this is still a useful item to keep on my post-
  install checklist.

  Thank you!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: popularity-contest 1.64ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-32.36-generic 4.10.17
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-32-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Aug 17 12:06:39 2017
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-08 (8 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: popularity-contest
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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