{"id":1251,"date":"2008-04-10T18:33:09","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T16:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/lies-damn-lies\/"},"modified":"2008-04-10T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T16:33:09","slug":"lies-damn-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vizZzion.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/lies-damn-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lies, damn lies, … ."},"content":{"rendered":"

… and statistics. Last week, I took a python script that I had written some time ago for
\n CodeYard<\/a>, modified it a bit and
\n analysed some recent KDE subversion logs. I’ve taken a look at the number of commits in
\n the KDE 4.0 branch, and a bit in trunk\/. I’ve also compared number of authors and commits
\n to the KDE and GNOME Subversion repositories since 2004. I’m discussing my findings below.
\n Of course, being Free Software, research and all, I’ve put up the script and data so you
\n can run with it and create your own reality.<\/p>\n

\n
\n \"trunk
\n <\/a>
\n This graph shows number of commits and authors in trunk since KDE 4.0.0 has been tagged. We see the this
\n number is quite a bit higher than even the sum of bugfix and translation commits that has gone into the
\n 4.0 branch. That, I think does reflect well that main development is taking place in trunk (no surprise
\n there), and that trunk is probably quite a bit ahead (in terms of instability? :)) compared to
\n 4.0-branch.<\/p>\n

I do not quite understand the high number of commits in the 4.0-branch. I’ve fed the log starting with
\n rev 757456 until HEAD to the script. I would’ve expected the number to be roughly the sum of 4.0.1,
\n 4.0.2 and 4.0.3 logs. I wouldn’t be surprised if there a bug in my datacollection
\n script<\/a>. Email me if
\n you know what’s going on there.\n <\/p>\n

KDE and GNOME Compared<\/h4>\n

\n
\n \"number
\n <\/a>
\n
\n \"number
\n <\/a><\/p>\n

This graph gives a long-term impression of the number of commits and distinct authors per month in
\n both, KDE and GNOME subversion repositories. Some observations:<\/p>\n