On 2008-12-21 15:14 +0100, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Petter Reinholdtsen (2008-12-21 14:38 +0100) wrote: > >> As you can see, the number of submissions have dropped the last month. >> Not by much so far, but it used to increase every week. > > Maybe we want to look at the bigger picture. This is a graph about the > number of installations of popularity-contest package from the release > of Etch to this day: > > http://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=popularity-contest&show_installed=on&from_date=2007-04-08&to_date=&hlght_date=&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 > > (Obviously this is does not make distinction between stable, testing and > unstable.) > > This time frame tells or suggests that Debian's popularity increased > very much after Etch release
Not quite true. It tells that the _number of popcon users_ increased, which is small wonder since the Etch installer installs the popularity-contest package by default while the Sarge installer did not. > and it has remained about the same after > March/April 2008. It's too early to make any estimations from the last > month. True. I think we should reevaluate the situation in a year or so when the seasonal effects (e.g., lower numbers because of vacations during northern summer) can be estimated better. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
