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Subject: Re: Request for download stats on release
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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