[ninjalog] add ninjalog.README.md
I added document explaining ninjalog collection. This document explains what type of data is collected and how the data will be used. Bug: 900161, b/120645342 Change-Id: If47517aaa7a5510e4a634b5ccc0e4127d014dcb9 Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/1381912 Commit-Queue: Takuto Ikuta <tikuta@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Dirk Pranke <dpranke@chromium.org>changes/12/1381912/17
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# Ninja build log collection
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[TOC]
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## Overview
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When chromium developers use autoninja for their build,
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e.g.
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```
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$ autoninja -C out/Release chrome
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```
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autoninja uploads ninja's build log for Google employees but we don't collect
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logs from external contributors.
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We use [this page](https://chromium-build-stats-staging.appspot.com/should-upload)
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to decide whether an autoninja user is a Googler or not. Only people with access
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to Google's internal network can see 'Success'.
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Before uploading logs, autoninja shows a message 10 times to warn users that we
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will collect build logs.
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autoninja users can also opt in or out by using the following commands:
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* `ninjalog_uploader_wrapper.py opt-in`
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* `ninjalog_uploader_wrapper.py opt-out`
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## What type of data are collected?
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The collected build log contains
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* output file of build tasks (e.g. chrome, obj/url/url/url_util.o)
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* hash of build command
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* start and end time of build tasks
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See [manual of ninja](https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#ref_log) for more
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details.
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In addition to ninja's build log, we send the following data for further
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analysis:
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* OS (e.g. Win, Mac or Linux)
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* number of cpu cores of building machine
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* build targets (e.g. chrome, browser_tests)
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* parallelism passed by -j flag
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* following build configs
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* host\_os, host\_cpu
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* target\_os, target\_cpu
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* symbol\_level
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* use\_goma
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* is\_debug
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* is\_component\_build
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We don't collect personally identifiable information
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(e.g. username, ip address).
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## Why ninja log is collected? / How the collected logs are used?
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We (goma team) collect build logs to find slow build tasks that harm developer's
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productivity. Based on collected stats, we find the place/build tasks where we
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need to focus on. Also we use collected stats to track chrome build performance
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on developer's machine. We'll use this stats to measure how much we can/can't
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improve build performance on developer's machine.
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