Thanks both J:)
> Hi Jon, > > I switched the discussion where it belongs and should be done. > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 06:45:11PM +0100, Steffen M�ller wrote: >> Am 17/11/15 um 17:50 schrieb [email protected]: >> > Quick question. Do you have any stats on the number of downloads, >> installations or whatever of Debian Med? Anything I can >> > use as ammo to show what a great / widely used thing it is? >> We have the number of contributors to the Debian Med packaging repository at >> https://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-med >> which now is at 193 (admittingly there come a few folks to mind that we >> can possibly remove). > > Thats a total fake number. At least a hand full of people did never a > single commit - cleaning up this list would be urgently needed. I'll > probably do so by comparing the list of people who ever contributed and > kick everybody else. > >> And then there is the popularity contest that folks can optionally >> install to have their package installations counted. You may check out >> some common bioinformatics tools like >> https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=t-coffee >> and extrapolate from there. > > Our tasks pages show the *real* user number who regularly use a package > AND have enabled popcon data submission. Have a look at the "Popcon" > field on top right of for instance this entry: > > http://blends.debian.org/med/tasks/bio#emboss > > Emboss seems to be the most frequently used package maintained by the > Debian Med team. We have no number of those users who are disabling > popcon and also no numbers who are using derivatives like Ubuntu or > BioLinux. So the numbers listed at the tasks page are *minimum* numbers > that might be significantly higher but we can not know. > >> Andreas has some extra metrics that he kindly annually gathers for >> Debian Med and all the other Debian blends (a concept he pioneered), >> also to demonstrate the effect that the sprints have on our community. >> Andreas? > > Steffen is probably refering to these graphics > > http://blends.debian.org/med/maintstats/ > > However, these stats are rather demonstrating the dynamics of > development and do not say anything about the usage. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > -- > http://fam-tille.de >
