On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:45:45AM -0500, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 09:22:11PM +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > > The distinction is important, because libraries atime is unreliable > > due to the use of ldconfig, so libraries are marked NOFILES, but we still > > want to know about libraries usage, so the use of dependencies allow to > > make recently used libraries as "voted". > > Makes sense. > > > I will add the following to the FAQ > > > > Q) What is considered a 'vote' for a package ? > > > > A) A computer 'vote' for a package if according to the data provided in the > > report, a program provided or depending on the package was used less than > > thirty days ago. This computation is performed by the popcon server. > > > > I hope this clear this issue. > > > Yes, that helps a lot. > > One clarification, though: the popularity-contest report does not > contain any package version info, so I'm curious what data the server > uses when calculating package dependencies.
It uses the sid dependencies. That is why packages not in sid are marked in section "unknown" with maintainer "not in sid". Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
