Allow user to automatically report their OpenRefine installation configuration

[magdmartin]

Following discussions on the forum when drafting the 2024 user survey, this issue proposes adding an option for a user to visualize and share OpenRefine's configuration settings.

The user can copy-paste this information and provide it when creating a bug or requesting support on the forum.

Proposed solution

Add an option on the right menu to view OpenRefine configuration. This will open a new tab with the following information (the list is non-definitive; feel free to add or remove)

• version of OpenRefine
• OS and its version
• current browser and its version
• list of extensions installed and their version
• list of reconciliation services installed
• variables value for -p -i -H -w -d - -v -x -c from refine file or passed when starting OpenRefine
• variable values from refine.ini including
  • REFINE_MAX_FORM_CONTENT_SIZE
  • REFINE_MEMORY
  • REFINE_MIN_MEMORY
  • JAVA_HOME
  • JAVA_OPTIONS
  • REFINE_AUTOSAVE_PERIOD
• language set
• from the preferences
  • ui.browsing.listFacet.limit
  • notification.status
• Number of projects (I don't know if at this stage we want to collect project-specific statistics)

We can add a button to send the information to the development team so we can compile statistics.