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?
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