Subject: bug#50686: Show number of downloads on packages on GNU ELPA/NonGNU ELPA

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:35:05 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 14:13:08 -0700
> Cc: [email-masked]
> 
> I think we should show the number of downloads on packages on GNU ELPA
> and NonGNU ELPA.  This information should be shown on both the package
> page, and in the package listing.
> 
> Sorting by downloads is a good way of getting a quick sense of which
> packages are worth looking into, as they have many users.

I hope you mean sorting by downloads as an optional sorting order?
Because having it by default is IMO an annoyance: t makes it hard to
find a package.