From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1168 invoked by alias); 4 Dec 2004 13:03:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 1105 invoked from network); 4 Dec 2004 13:03:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gouda.execulink.net) (199.166.6.56) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 4 Dec 2004 13:03:25 -0000 Received: from opal.ansuz.sooke.bc.ca (dsl1637.rba1.pppoe.execulink.com [209.213.252.111]) by gouda.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id iB4D3ML14670; Sat, 4 Dec 2004 08:03:22 -0500 Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 17:08:00 -0000 From: mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca To: Erik cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [Xconq-general] Xconq Ranking at Sourceforge In-Reply-To: <200412041339.02982.freeciv@home.se> Message-ID: References: <20041203173156.24046.qmail@web13125.mail.yahoo.com> <41B1078E.4030508@phy.cmich.edu> <200412041339.02982.freeciv@home.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01460.txt.bz2 On Sat, 4 Dec 2004, Erik wrote: > > log (3 * # of forum posts for that week) + log (4 * # of tasks ftw) + > > log (3 * # bugs ftw) + log (10 * patches ftw) + log (5 * tracker items > > ftw) + log (# commits to CVS ftw) + log (5 * # file releases ftw) + log > > (.3 * # downloads ftw)" > When I saw that formula it was obvious to me that it does not weight the > data. Since I found that strange I searched for the documentation. And it > says: "We are aware that the current formula does not actually weight the I wondered about that, too. Having the multiplications inside the logs means that outside the logs they're the same thing as just adding a constant. However, if the formula were "fixed" in the obvious way, by moving the multiplications outside the logs, then I think it would favour us even more strongly. -- Matthew Skala mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca Embrace and defend. http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/