[opensource-dev] Collecting DIDN'T CRASH data

Brian McGroarty soft at lindenlab.com
Tue Aug 9 13:29:26 PDT 2011


On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:24 AM, Lee ponzu <lee.ponzu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just had a sort of strange idea, but maybe this is alrady common
> practice.  Just thought I would ask.
>
> Collect data about viewers that didn't crash.  After some time cutoff, send
> the didn't crash data (with permission of the user, of course) to a
> repository.
>
> Then, when you have a bunch of Crash Reports, you could compare them to the
> didn't crash reports from similar hardware/OS/Version, and maybe some
> pattern would pop out.  Such as VBO *and* AA crashes, or whatever.
>
> Just a thought.  Cannot stop my brain.  Best I can do is to not inflict it
> on everyone else too often.  You all owe me more than you know.  8-)
>

Data is collected about viewer sessions that end in a successful logout, and
it's examined in much the manner you propose. I believe the aggregate data
is shared with Third Party Viewer teams and/or at the Open Source office
hours. I'm not sure if the lab has shared a recent breakdown against
different OSes and graphic chipsets, but that could be a good thing to ask
for if anyone's focussing on graphics or stability.

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Brian McGroarty | Linden Lab
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