Bug#885772: rc-alert: please show popcon inst instead of "rank"

[Adam Borowski]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.17.11
Severity: wishlist

Hi!
One of fields rc-alert displays is "Popcon rank:".  It's cumbersome to
interpret as it requires you to visualize a installed-to-rank graph.

While "inst" is also relative (to # of packages in the archive vs # of
popcon submissions, respectively), it gives a nice measure that's
intuitively obvious.

Thus, would you consider displaying inst instead of rank?


Meow!
-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
DEBCHANGE_RELEASE_HEURISTIC=log
DEBSIGN_KEYID=EAC68101

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (150, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-rc5-debug-00024-g65228756e20f (SMP w/6 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev              1.19.0.4
ii  libc6                 2.25-5
ii  libfile-homedir-perl  1.002-1
ii  perl                  5.26.1-3
ii  python3               3.6.4~rc1-2
ii  sensible-utils        0.0.11

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  apt                         1.6~alpha5
pn  at                          <none>
ii  curl                        7.57.0-1
ii  dctrl-tools                 2.24-2+b1
ii  debian-keyring              2017.11.24
ii  dput-ng [dput]              1.15
ii  dupload                     2.9.1
ii  equivs                      2.1.0
ii  fakeroot                    1.22-2
ii  file                        1:5.32-1
ii  gnupg                       2.2.3-1
ii  libdistro-info-perl         0.17
ii  libdpkg-perl                1.19.0.4
ii  libencode-locale-perl       1.05-1
pn  libgit-wrapper-perl         <none>
pn  liblist-compare-perl        <none>
ii  liblwp-protocol-https-perl  6.07-2
pn  libsoap-lite-perl           <none>
ii  liburi-perl                 1.72-2
ii  libwww-perl                 6.31-1
ii  licensecheck                3.0.31-2
ii  lintian                     2.5.66
ii  man-db                      2.7.6.1-4
ii  patch                       2.7.5-1+b2
ii  patchutils                  0.3.4-2
ii  python3-apt                 1.4.0~beta3+b1
ii  python3-debian              0.1.31
ii  python3-magic               1:5.32-1
ii  python3-requests            2.18.1-1
pn  python3-unidiff             <none>
pn  python3-xdg                 <none>
ii  strace                      4.19-1
ii  unzip                       6.0-21
ii  wdiff                       1.2.2-2
ii  wget                        1.19.2-1
ii  xz-utils                    5.2.2-1.3

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  adequate                     0.15.1
ii  autopkgtest                  5.1
pn  bls-standalone               <none>
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20160123cvs-4
ii  build-essential              12.4
pn  check-all-the-things         <none>
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
pn  devscripts-el                <none>
pn  diffoscope                   <none>
pn  disorderfs                   <none>
ii  dose-extra                   5.0.1-9+b3
pn  duck                         <none>
pn  faketime                     <none>
pn  gnuplot                      <none>
ii  gpgv                         2.2.3-1
pn  how-can-i-help               <none>
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1600-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.22-1
pn  libnet-smtps-perl            <none>
ii  libterm-size-perl            0.207-1+b6
ii  libtimedate-perl             2.3000-2
pn  libyaml-syck-perl            <none>
pn  mozilla-devscripts           <none>
pn  mutt                         <none>
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:7.6p1-2.0nosystemd1
ii  piuparts                     0.83
ii  quilt                        0.63-8.1
pn  ratt                         <none>
pn  reprotest                    <none>
pn  svn-buildpackage             <none>
pn  w3m                          <none>

-- no debconf information