go.dev: Provide options for sorting search results by number of imports and stars on GitHub

[mewmew]

This issue is a feature request for pkg.go.dev to provide options for sorting search results based on number of imports, number of stars (on GitHub), date of release, etc. Preferably, the user could also specify whether to have the search results presented in ascending or descending search order.

For an example of this functionality, see the GitHub search results:

• Recently updated: https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=language%3Ago+lua&s=updated&type=Repositories
• Least recently updated: https://github.com/search?o=asc&q=language%3Ago+lua&s=updated&type=Repositories
• Most stars: https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=language%3Ago+lua&s=stars&type=Repositories
• Fewest stars: https://github.com/search?o=asc&q=language%3Ago+lua&s=stars&type=Repositories

The search option categories of pkg.go.dev would include sorting by:

• Imported by:
  • desc: https://pkg.go.dev/search?q=lua&sort=imports&order=desc
  • asc: https://pkg.go.dev/search?q=lua&sort=imports&order=desc
• Number of stars (on GitHub):
  • desc: https://pkg.go.dev/search?q=lua&sort=stars&order=desc
  • asc: https://pkg.go.dev/search?q=lua&sort=stars&order=desc
• Recently updated:
  • desc: https://pkg.go.dev/search?q=lua&sort=updated&order=desc
  • asc: https://pkg.go.dev/search?q=lua&sort=updated&order=desc

Note, GitHub stars was a useful metric detailed by godoc.org, which currently seem to be absent from search results of pkg.go.dev.

[ALTree]

This is very similar to #36952 (there they are asking for a default, your are asking for options, but it's the same UX area). It would probably be better to post your suggestion in that thread.

[mewmew]

Thanks @ALTree, closing this issue in favour of #36952 (comment)