On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Loui Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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)
