On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:52 AM, bardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Kristoffer Fossgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Your all missing my point. I never said counting packages by >>> downloadrate is a perfect solution but that IT IS GOOD ENOUGH _and_ >>> BETTER THAN THE VOTE SYSTEM. >> >> That's what I thought. Even monitoring a single download mirror could >> be enough, if it's not an obscure and unpopular one. At least gathered >> data would be statistically *relevant*, even though not accurate. We >> can think of a single mirror as a good approximation of the whole >> community, excluding i18n/l10n packages, which are highly dependendt >> on the physical location of the mirror itself. > > Guys. I have to point out a flaw in this reasoning. We are talking > about packages _entering_ community. [...]
This is a good point. However, some people have mentioned that it would be nice to prune [community] of unused packages, too, if we had a reliable way of detecting them. Thus, I think it makes sense to consider tracking [community] package usage as well if a new usage tracking system is developed. > Again, just downloading a package does not mean I like it or use it. > As someone previously stated: if you tell me you've never installed a > packaged, tried it, and removed it because you didn't like it, you're > probably lying. I do this all the time as well. One possible solution: if an "I use this!" message were sent to the stat-tracking server automatically from pacman upon installing a package, it would not be much of an extension to send a "Oops, not anymore" message when it is uninstalled. Thoughts?
