>> Is this popularity-contest really necessary.  What
about a script
>> which analyses FTP-servers log-files and counting
how often a package
>> was downloaded?  Running this script on the main
mirrors would make
>> a reasonable statistic.
>I dont think it would. This would only make stats of
>how often packages
>are upgraded. If some package changes 5x more often
>than other it will
>reach much better downloads-count, althru isnt used
>more often

So just divide the number of d/ls by the number of
updates obver that time period.  If it changes 5x more
often, divide the download count by 5.  Presumably a
majority of people who use the package would need to
update each time, especially if other packages depend
on it.


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