Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote:
Well, if no one installs it, it doesn't matter if there are 1, 10, or 100 uploads; no one will notice bugs and no real ability to maintain a package has been demonstrated.No. Many applicants simply package stuff no one installs on their system. And even if some people do, depressingly few people report bugs they notice - in most cases, they simply remove the package and use something else.
So, then, we can add popcon.debian.org as an additional important source of information.