I agree with you. The numbers aren't an accurate assessment but given it is a metric we can measure, and one of the few, I think it provides very useful feedback.
Cheers, Paul. On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 12:27 AM Russel Winder <rus...@winder.org.uk> wrote: > I appreciate the idea of big numbers is to impress, and clearly we want to > be > impressive, but do we know what is meant by download here? > > As I see it, we have: > > – Groovy installer downloads > – Gradle/Maven/etc. direct downloads of a groovy artefact from: > · Maven Central > · JCenter > – Gradle/Maven/etc. indirect (due to transitive dependency) downloads of a > groovy artefact from: > · Maven Central > · JCenter > > This still ignores everyone using SDKMAN! to download the groovy system. > Also > Arch, Fedora, and Debian (and thus Ubuntu and Mint) package Groovy, and > this > defies any form of counting for impressiveness purposes. Of course there is > also MacPorts, HomeBrew, and indeed Chocolatey. These statistics also don't > recognise that there are Gradle and Maven caches that are being filled and > copied, defying all statistics. > > I just get the feeling that the download statistics do not actually tell us > anything useful. > > But if they keep people happy, they serve a purpose. > > On Wed, 2018-08-08 at 14:14 +0200, Guillaume Laforge wrote: > > Looking great to me :-) > > > > Adding a few numbers: > > > > Apache Groovy was downloaded 27M+ times the past three months (May / > June / > > July), > > across Maven Central and Bintray JCenter, for a total of 54M+ since the > > beginning of the year. > > Generally, 2/3 of the downloads are from Maven Central, vs 1/3 from > Bintray > > JCenter. > > There is still a lot of users downloading the latest 2.4.x releases, > almost > > as much as the 2.5.x ones. > > But it is nice to see that about 10% of the downloads are from users > trying > > our 3.0 alphas. > > > > Guillaume > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 12:04 PM Paul King <pa...@asert.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > I haven't heard from Guillaume and our report is due today. > > > I don't have the latest download numbers but here is all the rest of > the > > > info. > > > > > > Please let me know if you have anything to add. > > > > > > Cheers, Paul. > > > P.S. Guillaume, please feel free to send or I while first thing my > > > tomorrow. > > > > > > ============ > > > > > > > > > ## Description: > > > > > > Apache Groovy is a multi-faceted programming language for the Java > > > platform. > > > Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, with > static- > > > typing and static compilation capabilities, aimed at multiplying > > > developers’ > > > productivity thanks to a concise, familiar and easy to learn syntax. It > > > integrates smoothly with any Java program, and immediately delivers to > > > your > > > application powerful features, including scripting capabilities, > Domain- > > > Specific Language authoring, first class functional programming support > > > and runtime and compile-time meta-programming. > > > > > > ## Issues: > > > > > > There are no new issues requiring board attention at this time. > > > Outstanding issues: > > > - The final steps to completing the website migration are still > > > outstanding. > > > > > > ## Activity: > > > > > > - This quarter, 257 commits were contributed from 22 contributors > > > including 12 non-committer contributors (12 new). > > > > > > ## Health report: > > > > > > - Committee Health score: 10.00 (Super Healthy) > > > - Our release train velocity has been maintained, and there seems to > be a > > > healthy level of discussion about project direction on the mailing > > > lists. > > > > > > ## PMC changes: > > > > > > - Currently 11 PMC members. > > > - Andres Almiray was added to the PMC on Thu May 31 2018 > > > > > > ## Committer base changes: > > > > > > - Currently 19 committers. > > > - Remko Popma was added as a committer on Sat Jul 07 2018 > > > > > > ## Releases: > > > > > > - 2.5.0 was released on Wed May 30 2018 > > > - 2.5.0-rc-3 was released on Tue May 22 2018 > > > - 2.5.1 was released on Fri Jul 13 2018 > > > - 2.6.0-alpha-4 was released on Tue Jun 26 2018 > > > - 3.0.0-alpha-3 was released on Tue Jun 26 2018 > > > > > > ## Mailing list activity: > > > > > > - Slight increase in subscribers over the period otherwise nothing to > > > report > > > > > > ## JIRA activity: > > > > > > - 159 JIRA tickets created in the last 3 months > > > - 133 JIRA tickets closed/resolved in the last 3 months > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Russel. > =========================================== > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk > >
