[aur-general] Proposed rules for packages entering [community]

[Aaron Griffin]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Loui Chang <louipc.ist at 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)