On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 07:03:11PM +0300, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > > with. The MIA problem is significant enough that NM might be the only > > way to tackle with it seriously. That means taking time to examine > > applications. > > BTW, has anybody done any research into what types of package > maintainers tend to go MIA? I would be especially interested in a > percentage of "old" style DD's, DD's who have gone through the NM > process, people going MIA while in the NM queue, and people going MIA > without ever even entering the NM queue. I'll try to do the statistics > myself if nobody has done it before.
I did some quick checking in the echelon a few weeks back and noticed a linear curve in how the number of MIA maintainers decreases with time. Meaning that among the first 100 developers, something like 15% are missing; among the fifth 100, 10%, and 5% in the tenth 100, or so (I don't remember exactly). This information is probably not worth much per se, though. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.