RE: [development] Download statistics for core

This is a GREAT idea. It's worth noting that most other CMS systems, including WordPress, do this in their administration sections. The only trick, I think, is Aggregator.module's dependence on cron. Until a user configures that bit of the system, they won't get any security announcements.

Two words: Poormanscron + Core. :-) I have been using poormanscron for ages now. It is stable, no required configuration, nothing of that sorts - just enable it and voila! Make everything as simple as it can be and not any simpler. Someone once said that :-) K.