X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12A3914B281C for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:30:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 57792-08 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:30:47 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A3BD14B281A for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:30:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7BIUNxA015346; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:30:23 -0400 (EDT) To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: Josh Berkus , "Dave Page" , "PostgreSQL www" Subject: Re: Request for download stats on release In-reply-to: <200408111923.23566.peter_e@gmx.net> References: <200408110906.30050.josh@agliodbs.com> <200408111923.23566.peter_e@gmx.net> Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut message dated "Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:23:23 +0200" Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:30:23 -0400 Message-ID: <15345.1092249023@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200408/76 X-Sequence-Number: 4851 Peter Eisentraut writes: > These download counts would be completely random anyway. Most people get > their dose of PostgreSQL via an OS distributor. 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. regards, tom lane