Re^3: Help update the Phalanx 100

That's a very good point and a great example. I tried two more cuts. One is top 100 by average number of downloads per revision. The second is based on the vector sum (sqrt(x**2 + y**2)) of total downloads and average per revision. (Technically, I took the log of the total to flatten the skew, and normalized both metrics to a maximum of 100 before taking the vector sum). That latter one is probably pretty good -- it accounts for both criteria. Depending on one's bias, one could weight the two factors differently in the sum.

Results follow. Code for each of my three variations is available from my subversion repository.

Top 100 by average downloads per revision seen:

1743 Digest-HMAC
1650 HTML-Tagset
1393 Digest-MD5
 916 Date-Calc
 773 Digest-SHA1
 726 Convert-TNEF
 651 Net_SSLeay
 634 Tk
 589 DateManip
 553 Bit-Vector
 549 DBD-mysql
 478 Carp-Clan
 476 CPAN
 439 XML-SAX
 435 Mail-Sendmail
 431 IO
 428 DBI
 409 XML-DOM
 407 MIME-Base64
 407 MailTools
 397 Unicode-String
 393 Net-SNMP
 389 Convert-UUlib
 383 Digest
 378 IO-stringy
 362 libwww-perl
 359 Mail-SpamAssassin
 342 perl-ldap
 328 MIME-tools
 325 HTML-Parser
 324 Net-Telnet
 321 Apache-ASP
 321 Bundle-libnet
 310 Net-DNS
 300 GDTextUtil
 299 PerlMagick
 298 SOAP-Lite
 293 Crypt-DSA
 280 Xmms-Perl
 276 Data-Dumper
 271 MD5
 269 Crypt-Blowfish
 266 GDGraph
 261 XML-Generator
 260 Crypt-DES
 248 URI
 245 Data-ShowTable
 245 Pod-Escapes
 238 Mon
 227 Unicode-MapUTF8
 223 Bio-Affymetrix
 214 XML-RegExp
 211 Test
 211 Text-Tabs+Wrap
 210 Net-CIDR-Lite
 207 AppConfig
 205 File-NCopy0.32
 204 IO-String
 204 XML-Parser
 196 sitemapper
 188 DateTime-Locale
 181 IMAP-Admin
 180 Test-Manifest
 178 MIME-Base64-Perl
 175 Authen-PAM
 167 Class-Data-Inheritable
 166 Time-modules
 165 Pod-Simple
 163 XML-Simple
 162 Geo-IP
 160 HTML-Template
 158 Devel-Symdump
 157 DBD-Oracle
 157 Unix-Syslog
 154 Convert-BinHex
 154 Gtk-Perl
 152 PathTools
 149 Crypt-SSLeay
 148 Benchmark-Harness-Graph
 147 LWP-UserAgent-Determined
 146 Exception-Class
 146 MP3-Info
 146 libxml-perl
 144 Tie-IxHash
 142 Compress-Zlib-Perl
 142 Devel-FIXME
 142 Test-Simple
 139 Data-Transactional
 139 Net-IPP
 139 OpenSSL
 137 bioperl-microarray
 136 mod_perl-2.0.0-RC1
 135 Tk800.015
 134 GD
 134 delicious-backup
 133 CGI-Builder-1.26+
 133 Class-PINT
 133 LWP-UserAgent-TWiki-TWikiGuest
 133 Time-HiRes
 133 XML-Filter-ExceptionLocator
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Top 100 by a score combining (log) total downloads and average downloads per revision (number is vector sum of the two scores, where each score has a max of 100):

125 Digest-HMAC
121 HTML-Tagset
113 Digest-MD5
106 Net_SSLeay
102 DBD-mysql
 98 DBI
 95 Digest-SHA1
 94 perl-ldap
 93 Mail-SpamAssassin
 90 libwww-perl
 88 GD
 88 HTML-Parser
 87 Date-Calc
 86 Digest
 85 MIME-Base64
 85 Tk
 83 CGI
 83 DateManip
 82 MIME-tools
 82 XML-Parser
 80 Compress-Zlib
 80 DBD-Pg
 80 File-Scan
 80 Net-DNS
 80 URI
 79 Convert-TNEF
 79 MailTools
 78 Archive-Tar
 78 Test-Simple
 78 Time-HiRes
 75 Apache-ASP
 75 CPAN
 75 Gtk-Perl
 75 IO-stringy
 75 libnet
 74 Archive-Zip
 74 DBD-Oracle
 74 DB_File
 74 Msql-Mysql-modules
 73 HTML-Template
 73 MD5
 72 Net-Telnet
 72 Template-Toolkit
 72 mod_perl
 71 Apache-MP3
 71 Bit-Vector
 71 Net-SNMP
 70 Crypt-CBC
 70 GDGraph
 70 IMAP-Admin
 70 Module-Build
 70 Storable
 69 AppConfig
 69 IO-String
 69 TimeDate
 69 XML-Generator
 69 XML-Writer
 68 AcePerl
 68 BerkeleyDB
 68 Carp-Clan
 68 Convert-ASN1
 68 Crypt-SSLeay
 68 Curses
 68 MIME-Lite
 68 PathTools
 67 ExtUtils-MakeMaker
 67 GDTextUtil
 67 PerlMagick
 67 SOAP-Lite
 67 TermReadKey
 67 XML-SAX
 67 Zanas
 66 Data-Dumper
 66 HTML-Mason
 66 IO
 66 IO-Socket-SSL
 66 Mail-Sendmail
 66 Test-Harness
 66 XML-Simple
 65 Authen-SASL
 65 Crypt-DES
 65 DBIx-SQLEngine
 65 IO-Zlib
 65 Parallel-Pvm
 65 PodParser
 65 Unicode-String
 65 XML-DOM
 65 bioperl
 64 App-Info
 64 Authen-PAM
 64 AxKit-App-TABOO
 64 Config-Maker
 64 Convert-UUlib
 64 DBD-ODBC
 64 Net-Server
 64 Parse-RecDescent
 64 Spreadsheet-WriteExcel
 64 perl
 63 Apache-Session
 63 Excel-Template
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-xdg

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Re^4: Help update the Phalanx 100 by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 21, 2004 at 20:16 UTC
For the simple reason that I KNOW Excel::Template can't be in any top-100 list, your second algorithm has to be wrong. :-) Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply]
Re^5: Help update the Phalanx 100 by xdg (Monsignor) on Dec 21, 2004 at 21:48 UTC
Remember that this is only a couple months of data. There seems to be a tremendous amount of interest in perl and Excel in the period of time studied (via `grep -c Excel`, it's 3577 lines). Excel::Template and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel were downloaded 505 times (94th) and 557 times (81st) in the period studied (irrespective of revisions, which were many and do add to the total as stvn pointed out). (Ignoring the top 1% of downloaders.) Even if you don't think that your module makes a top 100, it still was downloaded an average of 26 times per revision. That puts it solidly in the middle at 4180 out of 8419 modules that made it through my script. (Only 193 modules have over 100 downloads per revision and only the top 11 are over 500 downloads per revision.) -xdg Code posted by xdg on PerlMonks is public domain. It has no warranties, express or implied. Posted code may not have been tested. Use at your own risk.	[reply] [d/l]