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A similar thing happens on npmjs.com where it shows downloads for packages, which is often used as a metric of quality. However, everytime a build pipeline runs
by pan69 2y ago
A similar thing happens on npmjs.com where it shows downloads for packages, which is often used as a metric of quality. However, everytime a build pipeline runs and it pulls the package, that's a download.
- attentionmech 2y agoMay be with these rules: - Per user account we only count one clone - We don't count anonymous clones But I agree it's not like this is also without any issues
- michaelmior 2y agoI don't think it's a useless metric and it's one I use myself, but it can also be gamed pretty easily. So the more people making decisions based on downloads, the higher the likelihood of bots generating downloads just to juice the stats.
- ozim 2y agoWell it is useful as first level filter just like GH stars. If it has no downloads/stars you don’t care. If it has big amount let’s take time checking it out. Fun part starts when checking out part is limited to some minimum and goes to prod because it solves something. Where people might not even know if that library is any good at all.
- LtWorf 2y agoAnd if your users know about "a cache" you won't get downloads. So iy's more beneficial if your users are the kind of noobs who redownload all the crap every single time rather than having fast CI