fradev - 07.05.17, 18:27: > Popcon results: > | distro | package | inst | vote | old | recent | no-files | > | > |--------+------------+---------+------+---------+--------+----------| > | > | Debian | gnome-orca | 80219 | 3611 | 61008 | 15536 | 64 | > | Ubuntu | gnome-orca | 2212520 | 1166 | 2209850 | 659 | 845 | > > (see [1] to understand the meaning of the columns) > > Number of submissions considered in Debian popcon: 197536 > Number of submissions considered in Ubuntu popcon: 2766185 > > Summarising, in Debian: > - 40.61% (80219 people out of 197536) installed this package > - 9.72% (80219-61008=19211 people out of 197536) installed this package and > use it regularly > - 1.82% (3611 people out of 197536) use this package regularly > > in Ubuntu: > - 79.99% installed this package > - 0.09% installed this package and use it regularly > - 0.04% use this package regularly > > There is a discrepancy between the number of users who installed the > package and the number of users who regularly use it, so I wonder if > popcon considers as "inst" only the installations requested by users or > also installations performed automatically because of dependencies (e.g. > task-kde-desktop --> gnome-orca).
Maybe Debian users are more careful what packages are installed… or the default set of meta packagers for Debian and Ubuntu, likely installed as Kubuntu for most users differ. > Given that, I would consider the percentage of people who use the package as > a more reliable data. So, because it is evident that the percentage of > people who use gnome-orca is under the threshold of the 25%, and because it > is not an integral application of the KDE Plasma desktop, this package > should not be recommended (installed by apt tools by default). Proposing it > as suggested package instead of recommended seems to be reasonable. I think thats a good idea to consider. I´d file a report against the task-kde package in question. Ciao, -- Martin
