[Popcon-developers] Bug#704419: Bug#704419: popularity-contest: Should vote for packages from Debian archive only

[Boris Pek]

Hi,

> I created and installed dummy package "safinaskar-test-of-popcon" to test popcon. And this package was ocassionally leaked to popcon!
> You can see it on http://popcon.debian.org/by_inst (as on 2013-03-31). Of course, this is a bug! This means any guy can create a lot of packages,
> install them, and they will appear in popcon statistics. This is bad. So, I can add to your statistics some 1000000 random packages. So,
> please deny votes for packages not from Debian archive.

This is not a bug but a feature! One of popcon goals is to find popular packages
which are not available in Debian archive yet. These packages can be packaged
in Debian derivatives or available in separate repositories or even installed
manually. And we can see such packages, so we can check if these programs
conform DFSG and add them into Debian or ignore.

Best wishes,
Boris