Message-ID: <d9e23bcc-52f9-1149-38ce-740783283715@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-09-08T15:09:45Z
From: Duncan Murdoch
Subject: Interpretation of download counts of r packages using cranlogs::cran_downloads
In-Reply-To: <e2530d3a-f87e-6594-5c44-a20cdd1fd181@fkf.mpg.de>
On 08/09/2021 10:52 a.m., Dr. Robin Haunschild wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I looked at the download counts retrieved via the function
> cran_downloads in the package cranlogs. According to the documentation,
> download counts from the RStudio CRAN mirror are retrieved.
>
> Are requests from other mirrors included, or can each download count be
> interpreted as a download from a real user?
I think the answer to both questions is "no". RStudio doesn't know what
happens on other mirrors, and lots of automatic tests would download
from RStudio's mirrors.
Duncan Murdoch