README.md: Added more badges

[perlun]

Sorry, once again a branch in this repo: it's just so convenient to edit straight in the GitHub UI. I promise to delete the branch afterwards. 😎

Should we have the version badge first or the downloads count first?

[junaruga]

Personally, I do not like showing "Gem (download number).
That is something like showing an authority to get a credit from users.
In my opinion, showing an authority splits "rack-test" organization from users. And gains people who want to rely on the authority.

[junaruga]

I did put your modified URL here.
https://github.com/rack-test/rack-test/blob/perlun-patch-1/README.md

I like Gem Version badge. :)

[junaruga]

I promise to delete the branch afterwards.

Ok, I am fine :)

Should we have the version badge first or the downloads count first?

I like "the version badge first".

And I like not adding " downloads count".
Because the information itself is not useful for users. And I think that it is not good impression by some users.

[perlun]

And I like not adding " downloads count".
Because the information itself is not useful for users. And I think that it is not good impression by some users.

Fair point, I can understand how you mean. But OTOH, I think it does add some value. For me, as a user, researching "which gem should I chose for this task" - I think it's fair to say that a gem that has 98M downloads (!) has definitely more credibility and can be expected to work much better than something which has 100 downloads or even 1000 or 10000.

So I do think it adds some value, but I also respect your view on this. What does @scepticulous think?

[junaruga]

For me, as a user, researching "which gem should I chose for this task"

I can understand your situation and the benefit. that is useful.
However linking to https://rubygems.org/gems/rack-test page from README is still good enough for the benefit?

Actually rails and rack do not put the download number in the page.
https://github.com/rails/rails
https://github.com/rack/rack

It's just my personal feeling.
Adding download number to README is like we are speaking people "our salary is NNNNN USD / year. It is not cool, is it?". It is not humility.

Also I like that we do not rely on believing numbers so much.
Technically we can increase the download number by a script program.
As an another fact, for example we can buy a follower number of Instagram, and ranking number in the magazine.
We should not promote this culture.

So I do think it adds some value, but I also respect your view on this. What does @scepticulous think?

OK. let's wait his opinion.

[dennissivia]

Sorry for the late feedback. First thanks for the improvement in general.
I thought about the download count and I actually agree with both of you.
However I tend to agree a little bit more with two poitns @junaruga made.

1. I prefer the idea of humility (even though it is not actually a big issue with having the number)
2. I actually don't like the number itself. My personal gems have an absurd high number of downloads considering the fact nobody uses it. But there are so many crawlers and tools and automated things that download a gem, that it is hard to know what it actually means. This might
   give the user the believe we are not aware of that or a false sense about the importance.
   Example my crypto toy gem with more than 37,000 downloads even though it is nothing somebody could actually use for something useful.

I hope I helped the discussion :)

[perlun]

Thanks @scepticulous. You have very valid points. Thanks also @junaruga for the extended followup. I removed the download count now and will go with just the gem version (which makes sense, since it makes it very easy for people to know "which is the latest version", especially since we intend to ship more versions in the future. 😉)

Merging now.