Comment 0 for bug 1711420

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: 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)