Quoting Martin Tomes <martin@tomes.org.uk>:
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Dmitri Gaskin <dmitrig01@gmail.com> wrote:
That would be good, unless we don't have ratings for modules, so no one knows what's good.
A count of how many sites use that module would be very helpful indeed, I have downloaded modules and then discarded them so download count isn't very helpful. I know there are ethical issues with this, but the update module knows what is in use and given a site owners permission could log that on drupal.org.
The update module has no idea how many production sites are using a module. I for one disable the module for production sites. There are others that do the same. Then there are the development sites that try out the module and may never use them. How is that different from the download count? The download count is just a measure of how many looked at the possibility of using the module. And then their are the stupid noobs (me included) who download modules just for the hell of it, try it out and then toss it aside. It was a learning process to discover what Drupal is about. -- Earnie http://r-feed.com Make a Drupal difference and review core patches. -- http://for-my-kids.com/ -- http://www.4offer.biz/