On 13 Sep 2016, at 01:51, Mark Smith mcs@pearlcrescent.com 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
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