[Distutils] PyPI Download Counts

[holger krekel]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 13:39 +0200, Lennart Regebro wrote:
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:59 AM, holger krekel <holger at merlinux.eu> wrote:
> > Another more practical data point would be "does this package even
> > install on win32/linux/osx py26/py27/py33" and even better, do its automated
> > tests pass?
> 
> Those are interesting metrics, but doesn't indicate the packages
> popularity at all.

right.  And to be clear, I wish we would get back download counters
even if they are just rough indicators.  For me this is a negative 
aspect of the CDN move as i was using a fully functional mirroring
cache -- which currently is broken due to the very move.

holger