Subject: bug#70452: 30.0.50; [Wishlist] elpaca.gnu.org/packages Improvements

From: Philip Kaludercic <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 06:36:35 +0000

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> No Wayman <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Currently https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/ displays a table with a Version column.
>> It would be nice to also include a separate Date column so the user can get a
>> quick sense of when that package version was released (rather than clicking
>> through to the package's page).
>>
>> The "Rank" column is ambiguous.
>> What criteria is being used to rank the packages?
>> Perhaps that could go in a title attribute for the Rank table header, so users
>> can get an explanation when hovering their mouse over it.
>>
>> It would also be nice to enhance the table headers so they sort the table when
>> clicked (ascending/descending) when JS is enabled.
>
> Stefan, Philip, any comments here?

IIUC the "Rank" is a function of the number of downloads of a package,
as extracted from the recent server logs.

Other than that, patches welcome, I guess?

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	Philip Kaludercic on peregrine