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svenevs / exhale

Automatic C++ library api documentation generation: breathe doxygen in and exhale it out.
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Add monthly downloads badge to README #216

Closed ayushjain01 closed 5 months ago

ayushjain01 commented 5 months ago

Just a suggestion. I've been working on developing a badge system for Python packages to display statistics like monthly downloads. You can check it out at - https://piptrends.com/package/exhale.

Our goal at Pip Trends is to create a learning forum where developers can access everything they need to get started with Python and Python packages.

The badge links to the exhale page on Pip Trends, showcasing various stats and documentation. We plan to add simple getting-started articles and more to this page soon, and contributions are welcome. If necessary, this link can be removed. This PR is just to share the badge we have created.

ixmatus commented 5 months ago

A colleague of this person tried to open this exact PR against a project I'm the maintainer for as well (https://github.com/ixmatus/inflector/pull/16). This is a promotional campaign and they (or colleagues) appear to be doing it on reddit too, I think this is suspicious activity. They are creating an external dependency on a web property that (as far as I can tell) is not officially blessed by pypi. I recommend rejecting this PR.

Users can get package statistics from libraries.io which is linked to directly by pypi itself.

svenevs commented 5 months ago

Agreed, closing rather than ignoring. Thank you for reaching out!

ayushjain01 commented 5 months ago

Thank you for your feedback and concerns. I'd like to clarify that this is not a promotional campaign. As stated in the PR description, our intention is simply to share a tool we have developed, which we believe could be beneficial to the community.

Our badge system offers highly accurate statistics, which is why we wanted to make it available. If the link to the pip trends page is a concern, we are more than willing to remove it.

We respect your decision if you prefer not to add more badges to your README. Our primary goal is to address any misunderstandings and assure you that this is a genuine effort to contribute to the open-source community by sharing our work on GitHub.

Thank you for considering our contribution.