[maemo-users] App downloads stats (was Re: chinook)

[From: Quim Gil]

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 15:40 +0400, ext Mikhail Sobolev wrote:
> The main FBReader author would happily make FBReader available from the
> extras repository.  The main reason why it's not there yet is the lack
> of way to see how many installations are happening from it. :)  The
> download numbers somehow help to prioritize checking/testing for various
> platforms.

Good point. Please follow 

Downloads statistics in extras repository
http://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2155

Also, the new http://downloads.maemo.org will show downloads count as
well originated from people clicking those big green install arrows.

btw, there have been conversations about implementing in the future a
popularity-contest like feature. Users would accept (or not) to share
information about the software they have installed and this would help
us identifying the areas where there is more interest/activity, and what
are the most popular third part applications. This feature is common in
Debian, Ubuntu and other GNU/Linux distributions.

-- 
Quim Gil - http://maemo.org