Re: Debian release versioning
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:13:52AM +0200, s. keeling wrote:
> Cool! Anyone want to do the full wave signature from Linus' original
> release to now? We can analyze that, apply some filtering on it, then
> divine a baseline wavelet we can apply to any software project's
> release history. I knew those years I wasted processing seismic data
^^^^^^^
> would come in handy someday.
>
> On the other hand, hmmm. I notice no spikes in the data above. :-| I
> think we want spikes in this area. Versioning is too coarse a
> dataset. We'll have to slurp changelogs instead.
the effect on the user should also be taken into account.
consider the recent ssl incident. may be the biggest quake[*] in debians
history.
[*] no comparison with real earthquakes intended.
greetings, martin.
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