It would be cool to be able to sort by github stars (and later, github clones) on pkg.julialang.
On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 3:03:32 PM UTC-6, Iain Dunning wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > This is a problem I think about a lot, but definitely short on data. > pkg.julialang.org has the GitHub stars, which is possibly a decent proxy. > I could add an option to sort by github stars, which might help. > > And yes, github clone traffic just (yesterday) became available, so I'm > hopeful there. > > On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:53:58 AM UTC-4, John Myles White wrote: >> >> You can also use GitHub stars. I'd be really interested to know how those >> two measures correlate. >> >> -- John >> >> On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:51 AM, Jacob Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> GitHub just started posting `git clone` data for individual repos, so >> this is definitely a possibility now. I wouldn't be surprised if Iain's >> Package >> Evaluator <https://github.com/IainNZ/PackageEvaluator.jl> started >> hooking into this data and using it to sort the package list >> <http://pkg.julialang.org/>. >> >> -Jacob >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there some sort of way to rank the popularity of Julia packages? >>> Haven't found anything like that (and apologies if I have missed >>> anything). >>> >>> The reason I'm asking is that, although I am aware that relying purely >>> on rankings has several disadvantages, I still do believe that there are >>> some strong advantages in having a rough idea about what the really >>> important (or widely-used) packages are. >>> >>> This is particularly important considering the fact that the number of >>> Julia packages is increasing, and for newbies it will be difficult to >>> find their way around. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> M >>> >> >> >>
