On Jun 11 07:53:22, [email protected] wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:46 AM, Jan Stary wrote: > > > On May 28 21:36:58, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On 28 May 2013, at 08:12 PM, Jean-François Caron <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> While download statistics might not be a good system, I do concur that > >>> MacPorts very much would benefit from having a "discovery" mechanism by > >>> which users find out about useful ports. Searching is nice, but it's not > >>> discovery. Some kind of "top ports" list (however implemented) would be > >>> useful, imho. > >> > >> Personally, I fail to see how a 'top ports' list would tell me much. The > >> ports i find essential are likely very different from others, so i don't > >> see how using some sort of a list showing the most used ports would help > >> me in any way in choosing new ones to install. Some ports likely have a > >> low user base, but never less are critical to those that need them, such > >> as more esoteric ports from the science section. > > > > +1 > > > > let's say it turns out people download firefox a lot. > > then what? > > Say we need/want to update a port that has many dependents; knowing the > install base of the dependents could help us determine the support > ramifications of different update approaches.
"determine the support ramifications of different update approaches"? What on Earth are you talking about? > ie: You mean "e.g." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113161/ > moving apache2 install files to conform to porthier. What does that mean, speicifically? Is there a problem with the apache2 port? Do apache2 install files need to be "moved"? Why? Is there a ticket for this? > Are 10 or 10,000 people likely to hit the MP mailing list > asking what the bleep happened. If there is a reason to change a port, what does it matter how many users does the port have? (Is this a "support ramification of an update approach"?) _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
