packagecontrol / packagecontrol/thecrawl

Show popular packages on the front page

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Python
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Description

New and recently updated packages are significantly less interesting to the average user than the most popular packages. The front page should have the most popular packages at the top.

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Research direction

Begin at the front-page entry point and trace how packages are fetched and ordered. Determine what existing popularity data can define “most popular,” then update the ordering and verify that popular packages appear first without losing the new and recently updated listings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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