[Distutils] Inflated download counts

[Dustin Oprea]

It seems like the download counts on PyPI aren't accurate. Though the
really useful packages seem to have higher numbers than the packages that
only apply to a specific target audience, I'm fairly certain that the
numbers are more affected by robots and such than actual users.

Recently I started a service that requires membership. In the last month,
PyPI reports 3000 downloads of the client, yet Google Analytics only
reports a handful of visits to the website. I have even less membership
signups (as expected, so soon after launch). Why are the download counts so
inflated?

What has to be done to get this to be accurate?

I've included two screenshots of PyPI and GA.



Dustin Oprea
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