Because if there are more than one module for the same purpose, then we can use that as an input to select a module.
Really? Here are a couple of reasons why it's a bad selector. Assume there are CPAN modules G and B doing the same thing, G in a good way, B in a bad way.
  1. If B has been there longer than G, the download count will be higher. If people use download count to determine what to download, people will download B, increasing its count.
  2. The author of B may do a lot of propaganda on Perlmonks and elsewhere, while the author of G doesn't give a rats ass how many people use his/her module.
  3. If a popular module P has a dependency on B, it will increase the download count on B.
  4. Redhat knows that G is good and B is bad. So it includes G in its distribution. Other vendors follow suit. Hence, large numbers of users of G actually never download G, not contributing to its download count.
  5. People that actually decide for themselves download B and G anyway.

In reply to Re: cpan module; download count by JavaFan
in thread cpan module; download count by sathiya.sw

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