On 29/04/11 at 10:33 +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> [110428 22:06]: > > So, we are losing a large number of contributors (> 20%) during freezes. And > > it's also possible that some of them don't come back (looking at the months > > following freezes, it takes some time to reach the pre-freeze numbers). > > I can only say that I usually have a much lower upload frequency > while freeze, which with one specific package less might even be > a total stall while most past freeze times. And I would not call > myself "lost" due to that.
I think that you misunderstood my data. It's the number of **distinct** (different) **uploaders**. If you uploaded just one package during the freeze period, then you are not in the 20%. Of course, a better way to detect whether we are actually losing contributors during the freeze would be to look at the archives of debian-devel-changes@ + debian-bugs-rc@. But we don't have a tool for that (yet ; there's a GSOC project that could address that). Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110429085117.ga9...@xanadu.blop.info
