Re: [boost] Re: statistics

From: Greg Colvin (Gregory.Colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-12-03 17:09:57

At 02:53 PM 12/3/2002, you wrote:

>"Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>news:4.3.2.7.2.20021203074603.021f85a0_at_mailhost.esva.net...
>[snip]
>>
>> If I understand you correctly, those are counts of the number of files.
>>
>Yes. The visible tendency is to provide all formats: zip/gz/bzip2. Previous
>releases typically come with only zip/gz and this skews statistic a bit.
>Bzip2 is catching on lately.
>
>> It would also be interesting to look at the download counts for projects
>> which make several formats available.
>>
>SourceForge, for what I know, doesn't provide statistics breakdown on single
>files.
>
>> In other words, what formats do users prefer to download when several are
>> available?
>>
>Question for SourceForge staff, if exact number is needed. I personally
>always pick the smallest file available.

And I always pick the one I am most confident I can unpack.