Hi, > This is quite interesting, because a package which gains a high amount > of votes in a day will have a very high popularity for a short period > of time, which is a little misleading. > > I thought it would be based on the number of people looking at the > package/webpage or cloning the repository. It is a little misleading > because a package might not be popular but still have a high > popularity, however on the other hand it does help new packages gain > recognition quickly. I guess what's misleading is the word "popularity" because it does not properly reflect what it is nor its purpose. As "Hugo Osvaldo Barrera" said in the thread I linked in my initial answer [1], I think the word "trending" might be more suited as this is clearly what it is. This is the term GitHub is using for the same purpose for instance [2]. > What is considered a "good" popularity rating for a package? I don't think there's such defined "good" popularity rating. I mean, the higher the better :P
For what it's worth, the 50 most popular AUR packages [3] have a popularity between 45.51 and 5.85 (at the time I'm writing those lines). [1] https://aur-general.archlinux.narkive.com/XuG8fEVO/how-the-popularity-value-is-being-calculated-for-a-package-in-the-aur4 [2] https://github.com/trending [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&SeB=nd&K=&outdated=&SB=p&SO=d&PP=50&submit=Go Regards, Antiz (Robin C.)
