R help - Sep 2021 - Interpretation of download counts of r packages using cranlogs::cran_downloads

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?


Best regards,

Robin
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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