[Distutils] Download Counts on PyPI

[Alex Clark]

Donald Stufft <donald <at> stufft.io> writes:


> > Is there any plan for per-version/per-file stats?  I notice that the
> > current stat display is across all versions, which makes it harder to
> > tell e.g. setuptools 0.7 uptake vs 0.6.
> 
> That information is available via the API in a total format (basically the
old download formats).
> 
> I think for someone evaluating the popularity of a package the new format
is much more useful. Obviously
> there is more information that _could_ be displayed (with varying amounts
of effort) but you run the risk
> of overwhelming the user with stats. 
> 
> There's a lot more I'd like to do in general statistics wise geared
towards different targeted audiences.
> There aren't exact plans right now as there are more pressing concerns and
it needs to be done in a way that
> tells a useful "story" without overwhelming people with numbers.


Are you sure it doesn't "just work"? Vanity seems to work as expected now, I
just cut a new release:


aclark at Alexs-MacBook-Pro:~/ > vanity vanity
     vanity-1.0.zip    2011-04-14          980
   vanity-1.1.0.zip    2011-10-26          771
   vanity-1.1.1.zip    2011-10-28          744
   vanity-1.1.2.zip    2011-10-28          775
vanity-1.2.0.tar.gz    2012-01-30          712
vanity-1.2.1.tar.gz    2012-02-16          761
   vanity-1.2.2.zip    2012-07-31          474
   vanity-1.2.3.zip    2012-08-08          523
   vanity-1.2.4.zip    2013-02-19          249
   vanity-1.2.5.zip    2013-03-18          252
   vanity-2.0.0.zip    2013-05-26            3
   vanity-2.0.1.zip    2013-05-27            0
   vanity-2.0.2.zip    2013-05-27            2
   vanity-2.0.3.zip    2013-06-28            0
----------------------------------------------
vanity has been downloaded 6,246 times!
aclark at Alexs-MacBook-Pro:~/ > vanity vanity==2.0.2
vanity-2.0.2.zip    2013-05-27            2
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vanity 2.0.2 has been downloaded 2 times!


I don't necessarily care what is displayed on PyPI, as long as we have
(roughly) the same functionality as before. Thanks for working on this!