A markdown based README can be parsed to find headers corresponding to the man pages spec or else if there is no pattern match, a set of basic rules.
Reaching version 1.0 for node modules represents a significant milestone in stability.
When someone runs npm star <module-name> they are making a public statement about their appreciation for it.
When someone stars a github repo they are making a public statement about their interest in it.
It seems like there should be some metric involving age of open pull requests. If the pull requests are not being dealt with in a timely fashion (pulled or denied) then it shows a stale project. Perhaps average number of day age of pull requests?
It frustrates me greatly when there are open pull requests solving critical bugs that are being ignored.
@wshaver +1
+1 this will help a lot
I'd love to see tests / test coverage as part of quality, however best expressed?
@clintandrewhall added
+1 This would be excellent for any package management
@SaraJo implementation is easy, making sure we are implementing the right thing is the hard part ;)