On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 05:43:07PM +0800, Qian Yun wrote:
> FriCAS-1.3.8 was released 1 month ago.
>
> So I did some download statistics out of curiosity.
>
> The data was from Sourceforge and GitHub, but I don't think their
> statistics number can be compared directly.
>
> Of course these numbers don't include the downloads from various
> Linux distro's mirror.
>
> The GitHub numbers are from
> https://api.github.com/repos/fricas/fricas/releases/latest
>
> And Sourceforge numbers are from
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/fricas/files/fricas/stats/timeline
>
> GitHub Sourceforge Filename
> 40 37 fricas-1.3.8-full.tar.bz2
> 22 68 fricas-1.3.8-windows-x64.zip
> 13 25 fricas-1.3.8.amd64.tar.bz2
> 3 7 fricas-1.3.8-macOS-x64.dmg
> 2 6 fricas-1.3.8.i386.tar.bz2
>
>
> Well, I'm surprised by the high number of windows binary download.
> (Of course, most Linux users get FriCAS from distro's package manager.)
There were no Windows binaries in several years. So probably
people that used old versions or did not use FriCAS on Windows
took opportunity to fetch new version.
> I do plan to improve the windows binary before next release.
> There are many details not working correctly on Windows, so I'm
> also a little surprised that no bug for Windows has been reported.
My personal guestimate is that less than 1% of users reports
bugs. Some simply drop off and lose interest, some just
live with bugs...
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