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John Muller commented on JBIDE-15335:
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Here's one vote against: at work we use Genuitec Secure Delivery Center to
synchronize all Eclipse workspace properties, plugins, etc. With a corporate proxy server
and explicit bans against allowing developers to pick and choose any old update site, the
zip file is the only way we can add Eclipse plugins. Besides, what does it cost to keep
the P2 repo's zip file? 400MBs of disk space?
Consider removing update site zips from
jboss.org/tools
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Key: JBIDE-15335
URL:
https://issues.jboss.org/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 Rydahl Andersen
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.
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