Re: Request for download stats on release

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Request for download stats on release
Date: 2004-08-11 20:37:56
Message-ID: 411A83A4.9050003@joeconway.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Sure, but the download counts just following a new release would give us
> a reading on enthusiastic real users --- ie, people who are interested
> enough to download a new major release as soon as it's available.
>
> However, this is probably moot given the point that we won't get
> cooperation from the larger mirror sites.

How difficult would it be to use a page similar to sourceforge's
download page -- i.e. display and pick from available files on the main
site, and then redirect the actual download to a selected mirror?
Wouldn't that allow centralized collection of download stats?

Joe

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