Do we know what explain the factor 2 in number of download since July 30 ?

[jcfr]

First, thanks for creating this awesome website 😄 👍

Second, here are some screenshots and links to illustrate

Source: https://pypistats.org/packages/__all__

Worth noting this is specific to linux downloads ...

This trend can be observed with individual packages too:

• https://pypistats.org/packages/pip
• https://pypistats.org/packages/cmake

[crflynn]

See here: pypi/linehaul#30

The previous iteration of linehaul was flapping and dropping a significant number of download records. You can see in that thread that the new version was deployed on July 26, which has since provided much more reliable data.

[jcfr]

Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.

Anticipating others may have the same question, I suggest we keep the issue open for some time. But if you prefer to close it, that would also work for me.

[crflynn]

I'll keep it open for now. What I really should do is add an FAQ page.

[crflynn]

I've added an FAQs page just now, so I'm going to go ahead and close this issue.