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Re: binary package counters



On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 05:53:37PM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote:
> I don't think I've seen anything like it anywhere.  I propose creating a
> counter page that has number of binary packages available for each
> architecture and distribution (stable, testing, unstable).  
> 
> Why do this?  It may be helpful for newcomers to assess the state of the
> projects.  For ports this would also be a good measure.  While this data
> may be available from other sources, newcomers especially may have a
> hard time finding it, or may find some information that doesn't have a
> date associated with it.
> 
> We already hard-code a number (3950) on the home page.  This idea came
> from the thought to make it dynamic, probably as a cron job that updates
> every day.  I don't know how hard this would be, but I'd be willing to
> help create it.  
> 
> The full page may fit well as a link from /distrib/packages.

The buildd statistics page[1] may be pertinent.

Matt

1. http://buildd.debian.org/stats/

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