Date: 2004-08-17T19:56:04
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= Gump Terminology =

== FOG Factor (aka Friend of Gump Factor) ==

The FOG Factor is (at present) equivalent to the odds of the project building, based 
of historical attempts. For example, if a project has been around for 5 runs, but 
built only once (for whatever reason, dependency failure or it's own) it's odds of 
building are 1:5 i.e. 1/5 = 0.20. The reason for FOG factor is to identify which 
projects are 'stable' (in this one particular sense) and hence good dependencies to 
rely upon.

== Depencency Depth ==

Each project with dependencies has a 'depth' equal to the number of unique total 
dependencies. Say a project A is dependent upon B and C, yet C is also dependency upon 
B. The dependeny depths are A:2 B:0 C:1. This is informative (along with FOG Factor, 
and really ought be takign into consideration in FOG Factor, but isn't yet) because it 
shows how many projects truly affect the project.



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