Re: binary package counters
* Matt Kraai <kraai@debian.org> [020430 06:25]:
> 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/
Yes, exactly Matt, this would be the (primary?) source for the data, yet
some aren't included such as the hurd-i386. I have a hard time finding
the actual summary numbers I'm suggesting, so I wanted to present this
data in a clear and easily readable way. Again, we already do this on
the home page but I don't know
a) what's included in 3950?
b) 3950 as of what date?
I must assume others would have problems getting this data as well even
if they know what they were looking for and where to look.
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-- Grant Bowman <grantbow@grantbow.com>
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