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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