| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Dirk Riehle <dirk(at)riehle(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL committer history? |
| Date: | 2006-03-08 18:14:01 |
| Message-ID: | 200603081814.k28IE1a15036@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Dirk Riehle wrote:
> Thanks! I want to run some statistical analysis (not just on pgsql
> but other OSS projects as well) on changes in committer population.
> How could I figure out whether anyone ever left? (Or does one just
> become dormant?)
>
> My guess is that in most OSS projects, the number of committers
> increases over time, but the rate of contributor to committer
> conversion declines. May sound obvious, but of course there are other
> factors, like pace of development and need for people that influences this.
Keep in mind that many patches developed by others are applied by a
committer, so you can't assume the person committing the patch wrote the
patch. There is a name in the commit message when this happens though.
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