Hi, > > I also suggest you check out > > https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/graphs/contributors?from=5%2F25%2F2024 > > to see how development activity is slowing down and note that out of > > the top-6 developers only two still seem to be employed by Oracle. > > While it is true that mysql is basically an Oracle-only project at this > point, I have already pointed out[1] that the linked GitHub graph is > misleading as it only shows commits to the default branch, while > development apparently happens in other branches (like "9.7"[2]).
The two-year stat at https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/graphs/contributors?from=5%2F25%2F2024 is not misleading for the commits published there. It is perfectly fine to assess the trend over the past two years even if the latest commits are missing. The 9.7 branch was the trunk up until December/January so that stats page also shows the history of declining activity while they worked on 9.7. The maintenance branches 8.4 and 9.7 will show mainly the same bug fixes applied to both and will reflect only stable maintenance activity, which is good to know, but wasn't the point here when discussing the overall trajectory of MySQL and what might happen to future versions.
