Consider removing update site zips from
jboss.org/tools
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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.