[R] About identification of CRAN CHECK machines in logs

[Hadley Wickham]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Marcelo Perlin <marceloperlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently released two packages (RndTexExams and GetTDData) in CRAN and
> I'm trying to track the number of downloads and location of users.
>
> I wrote a simple script to download and analyze the log files in http://cran
> -logs.rstudio.com.
> I realized, however, that during the release of a new version of the
> packages there is a spike in the number of downloads. I believe that the
> CRAN checks are included in the number of installations of the package in
> the log files.

I don't think that's true. Why would CRAN be installing the package
from a mirror?

Hadley

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