I agree, I am also interested in : date of most recent substantive commit; date of first commit; number of contributors. I don't have hard and fast rules for h

I agree, I am also interested in : date of most recent substantive commit; date of first commit; number of contributors. I don't have hard and fast rules for how I interpret those values, it depends on my intentions but I find them useful things to consider. Going back to the readme, nothing turns me off faster than a skeletal readme, it doesn't have to be "War and Peace" but it needs to be more than just how to install it.