Number of new packages (Re: Debian Project News 2011/11 frozen. Pleaase review and translate.)

[Filipus Klutiero <chealer@gmail.com>]

On 2011-07-24 14:08, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Am 24.07.2011 11:47, schrieb Justin B Rye:
>
> > > > 1099 packages were added to the unstable Debian archive recently.
> > > *Cough cough* Are we sure more than a thousand packages were added
> > > in a month? I see NEW being cleared, but nothing that big. The
> > > featured list is a lot smaller.
> > No idea.
> I calculated the number myself, and it is correct.  It is unusually high
> because the DPN is quite delayed (I think it's the fourth or even fifth
> week), and a large batch of udeb packages run through. udeb packages are
> used in the debian-installer and the debian live images, so they usually
> not noticed by the end user, but technically they are own packages.
OK, if you say so, it seems possible. The June 8th edition had a number 
over 800.
I suppose this is a good time to mention that it would be nice to be 
able to see that list. The link on "Among many others" actually only 
shows about a hundred packages. I imagine that ABI bumps make up for a 
large part of these new packages. Just a Linux ABI bump must already 
mean a hundred or so if you count all architectures.
Otherwise, it would be nice to count new source packages instead of new 
binary packages. Or, to also show the number of removed packages.