[jbosstools-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (JBIDE-15335) Consider removing update site zips from jboss.org/tools

Consider removing update site zips from jboss.org/tools ------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBIDE-15335 URL: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/JBIDE-15335 Project: Tools (JBoss Tools) Issue Type: Bug Components: updatesite Affects Versions: 4.0.1.Final, 4.1.0.Final Reporter: Nick Boldt Assignee: Max Andersen Priority: Major Based on anecdotal evidence, it would appear that JBT 4.x is downloaded MANY MORE TIMES from Eclipse Marketplace than from jboss.org/tools: As of 2013-08-12 12:48pm: * Download stats from http://jboss.org/tools/download/stable/4_1 : 378 + 140 = *518 installs* (could be more if the zip's passed around w/in an org?) * Install stats for JBT 4.1.0 from Eclipse Marketplace for 2013/08: *3,678 installs* ({color:red}*7.1x*{color} as many) * Download stats from http://jboss.org/tools/download/stable/4_0 : 2441 + 899 = *3,340 installs* (could be more if the zip's passed around w/in an org?) * Install stats for JBT 4.0.1 from Eclipse Marketplace for 2013/04 - 2013/08: 11280 + 10421 + 9552 + 6246 + 1635 = *39,134 installs* ({color:red}*11.7x*{color} as many) So, is it time to stop providing a zip of the JBT update site? Seems like very few users want JBT delivered via zip. Note too that the stats collected above include a partial month (August 2013) during which many people are on vacation. To get a real sense of the download rates we ought to check these numbers again in September and October.