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From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:43:41 -0400
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Subject: Re: Download statistics
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On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 10:38=E2=80=AFAM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote=
:

> "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pgsql@hjp.at> writes:
> > The discussion about people avoiding .0 releases over in the "Index
> > corruption ..." thread made me wonder how the distribution really looks
> > like. How many people do install X.0, X.1, etc. for each major version
> > X?
>
> > Download statistics are of course quite noisy but I think they should a=
t
> > least show the trends. Do you have any and would you mind publishing
> > them?
>
> I imagine we have stats for downloads from www.postgresql.org,
> but it's been many years since we thought those were complete
> or even representative.
>

I download one set of RPMs (PG 14.19, for example) and then scp them to 15
different servers.  One set of PG 17.6 binaries gets copied to 30 different
servers.

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Don't boil me, I'm still alive.
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 10:38=E2=80=AFAM =
Tom Lane &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us">tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us</a>&gt;=
 wrote:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli=
d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">&quot;Peter J. Holzer&quot; &lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:hjp-pgsql@hjp.at" target=3D"_blank">hjp-pgsql@hjp.at</a>&gt; wr=
ites:<br>
&gt; The discussion about people avoiding .0 releases over in the &quot;Ind=
ex<br>
&gt; corruption ...&quot; thread made me wonder how the distribution really=
 looks<br>
&gt; like. How many people do install X.0, X.1, etc. for each major version=
<br>
&gt; X?<br>
<br>
&gt; Download statistics are of course quite noisy but I think they should =
at<br>
&gt; least show the trends. Do you have any and would you mind publishing<b=
r>
&gt; them?<br>
<br>
I imagine we have stats for downloads from <a href=3D"http://www.postgresql=
.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">www.postgresql.org</a>,<br>
but it&#39;s been many years since we thought those were complete<br>
or even representative.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I download one =
set of RPMs (PG 14.19, for example) and then scp them to 15 different serve=
rs.=C2=A0 One set of PG 17.6 binaries gets copied to 30 different servers.<=
/div></div><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span>=
<br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Death to &l=
t;Redacted&gt;, and butter sauce.<div>Don&#39;t boil me, I&#39;m still aliv=
e.<br><div><div>&lt;Redacted&gt; lobster!</div></div></div></div></div></di=
v>

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