[development] Download statistics for core

[Steven Peck]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: development-bounces at drupal.org 
> [mailto:development-bounces at drupal.org] On Behalf Of Scott McLewin
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:50 AM

> Second, I've made the same mistake several times across the 
> Drupal based 
> sites I manage.  I've typically forgotten to modify cron-lynx.sh to 
> point to my site and not www.example.com, and I forget to make the 
> change until I notice that cron-driven content is a week or 
> three out of 
> date.  I've since moved cron-lynx.sh out of the Drupal tree - 
> this sort 
> of admin warning that cron is not running would have helped me catch 
> what is a slightly embarrassing mistake.  Hopefully it's not just me 
> making it.  :)
> 
> Scott

Just a note.  My sites can't use *nix cron.  When considering automation
consider that many Drupal sites do not run on *nix and some run on *nix
with restrictions to the local cron.