Re: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [pear-webmaster] "Popular Packages"

Hi Michael,

On 31.10.2011 17:45, Michael Gauthier wrote:
>> It just looks fishy that this package has around the same number of
>> downloads as PEAR installer itself. With *zero* bug reports and feature
>> requests throughout its history:
>>
>> http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package_name[]=File_Mogile&status=All
>>
>>
>>
>> Are these legitimate downloads (even if automated somehow) or DB
>> corruption?
>>
> It's possible that downloading the package from from PEAR is part of someone's
> cloud deployment script. It's not strange to have thousands of deployments a
> month. I blame Digg.

We are talking not "thousands", but 150K deployments a month (look at the 
graph!). And with zero feedback from those who supposedly deploy it. Looks more 
like a botnet than a cloud. :-D