Bug#999677: RFP: popcon-stats-data -- Debian's Popularity Contest statistics
On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 09:43:46PM +0100, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name : popcon-stats-data
> Version : 0.20211114
> * URL or Web page : https://popcon.debian.org/
> * License : Public Domain (data)
> Description : Debian's Popularity Contest statistics
>
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> The shipped data would let package managers show the popularity of
> packages which could let users make more informed decisions when
> choosing between packages to install.
>
> I don't believe this will change the Vim vs. Emacs battle, but when I
> looked for a DICOM viewer I found a crazy amount of programs of
> various quality and knowing which ones were the most widely used would
> have sped up picking a good one.
The popularity of packages is heavily skewed by how the distribution is
structured, in particular by the set of packages installed by default,
so alas it is not always an indication of user preferences...
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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