On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote: > Index: project-history.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/debian-doc/ddp/manuals.sgml/project-history/project-history.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.18 > diff -u -r1.18 project-history.sgml > --- project-history.sgml 2002/04/22 02:54:36 1.18 > +++ project-history.sgml 2002/07/31 12:22:28 > @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ > <title>A Brief History of Debian</title> > <author>Debian Documentation Team <email>debian-doc@lists.debian.org</email> > > -<version>2.3 (last revised 21 April 2002)</version> > +<version>2.4 (last revised 31 July 2002)</version> > > <abstract> > This document describes the history and goals of the Debian project. > @@ -215,6 +215,25 @@ > consisted of more than 3900 binary packages derived from over 2600 source > packages maintained by more than 450 Debian developers. > > +<!-- (jfs) Is this too long? I do not see the number of binary/source > +packages in the release notes, also the number of DD could be revised --> > +<p> > +Debian 3.0 <em>Woody</em> (19 July 2001): Named for the main character > +in the movie: "Woody" the cowboy. > +the movie. Even more architectures were added in this release: s/the movie.// > +<url id="http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/"; name="Ia64">, > +<url id="http://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/"; name="HPPA">, > +<url id="http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/"; name="mips">, > +<url id="http://www.debian.org/ports/mipsel/"; name="mipsel"> > +and > +<url id="http://www.debian.org/ports/s390/"; name="s390">. This is > +also the first release to include criptographic software due to the s/criptographic/cryptographic/ > +restrictions for exportation being <em>lightened</em> in the US, and I'm not sure that the restrictions were really loosened by that much. Debian and SPI just became more aware of how to deal with the restrictions. > +also the first one to include KDE, now that the license issues were solved. suggestion: s/were solved/with QT were resolved/ > +More than 900 Debian developers, with Bdale Garbee recently appointed > +Project Leader made this release which consisted of 6 binary CDs and 6 > +source CDs in the official set. > + > </chapt> Perhaps: With Bdale Garbee recently appointed Project Leader, and more than 900 Debian developers, this release contained in excess of 8900 (?) packages and 7 binary CDs (6?) in the official set. > +<p><em> "[...] we use David A. Wheeler's sloccount system to determine > +the number of physical source lines of code (SLOC) of Debian 2.2 (aka > +potato). We show that Debian 2.2 includes more than 55,000,000 > +physical SLOC (almost twice than Red Hat 7.1, released about 8 months > +later), showing that the Debian development model (based on the work > +of a large group of voluntary developers spread around the world) is > +at least as capable as other development methods [...] It is also > +shown that if Debian had been developed using traditional proprietary > +methods, the COCOMO model estimates that its cost would be close to > +$1.9 billion USD to develop Debian 2.2. In addition, we offer both an > +analysis of the programming languages used in the distribution (C > +amounts for about 70%, C++ for about 10%, LISP and Shell are around > +5%, with many others to follow), and the largest packages (Mozilla, > +the Linux kernel, PM3, XFree86, etc.)"</em> > + > </sect> I'm not sure if we should be concerned about sloccount... If I have a chance I'll go through the rest later. Don Armstrong -- Always try to do things in chronological order. It's less confusing that way. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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