3 Dec
2008
3 Dec
'08
10:05 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Loui Chang <louipc.ist@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 10:15:23PM +0100, Kristoffer Fossgård wrote:
Why is package popularity judged by votes anyway? I never vote. The reason i never vote is because i don't understand why package popularity can't simply be judged by download count.
Votes are a conscious approval of a package. Downloads are not.
Interesting distinction I haven't heard spelled out in words: explicit approval vs implicit approval. 8)