Two weeks ago, we informed the Eclipse community cross-projects mailing list that a unique user id (UUID) had been introduced into the upcoming Eclipse Neon release. The UUID was introduced to help the Eclipse Foundation better understand how developers are using Eclipse. However, the implementation automatically generated the identifier, and the user only had the opportunity to opt-out, not opt-in. Not requiring an explicit user opt-in was a mistake on our part, and we apologize for our error.
