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

[Philip Kaludercic]

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife@gmail.com> 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?

-- 
        Philip Kaludercic on peregrine