Update language about version check in admin settings and docs
- Update the language to be consistent and clear for the two options in the admin settings.
- Link to the docs to allow the user to see more details.
- For the version check, the docs already tell you what information is shared with GitLab.
- For the usage ping, the docs also tell you what information is shared. And there is also a link to the cohorts page which the user can visit to see what information is explicitly shared.
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Proposed change
In admin settings:
[CHECKBOX] Enable version check
GitLab will inform you if a new version is available. [docs-link]Learn more[/docs-link] about what information is shared with GitLab Inc.
In docs:
Version check
If enabled, version check will inform you if a new version is available and the importance of it through a status. This is shown on the help page (i.e.
/help
) for all signed in users. The statuses are:
- Green: You are running the latest version of GitLab.
- Yellow: An updated version of GitLab is available.
- Red: The version of GitLab you are running is vulnerable. You should install the latest version with security fixes as soon as possible.
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GitLab Inc. collects your instance's version and hostname (through the HTTP referer) as part of the version check. No other information is collected.
This information is used, among other things, to identify to which versions patches will need to be back ported, making sure active GitLab instances remain secure.
If you disable version check, this information will not be collected. Enable or disable the version check at Admin area > Settings > Usage statistics.