On 2015-06-12 10:01, Lukas Fleischer wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 at 09:43:00, G. Schlisio wrote:
Lukas on aur-dev: "Popularity is the sum of all votes with each vote being weighted with a factor of 0.98 per day since its creation."
thats quite a fast wear-off, i think. after a year, there is virtually nothing left (6e-4 only). does this really meet the intention?
Yes. The main purpose of the popularity field is to give very popular newcomers a chance to appear on the front page. Also, we don't care about packages that were very popular a year ago and are no longer used today. If a package is still interesting, it will continuously receive new votes such as is the case with yaourt.
Regards, Lukas
Given how it's calculated, and the purpose it intends to serve, I believe the proper word is "trending", not "popularity". -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?