Hey all, As promised, here are the repository links for my project in case anyone feels compelled to jump into the code.
https://gitlab.com/slvnt/linuxchangelogs The dependency list is extremely small, the only roadblock might be slacklib. https://gitlab.com/slvnt/slacklib easy enough to install if you are familiar with creating packages via meson. If you are not.. then this would be an excellent chance to learn how since the dependency list is so small. The README should include all the basics, if you have any questions you can email me directly or ask on the PLUG list. For anyone interested in contributing, a great place to start would be to validate the data I presented during the talk. If you come to a different result I would love to know how so I can fix it. Thanks again for listening to my distro "flame war" last night. I hope you all found it interesting :) -Ben On Wednesday, September 4th, 2024 at 3:53 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > This is tomorrow evening! > > On 8/29/24 20:25, Russell Senior wrote: > > > Who: Ben Koenig > > What: Linux Changelogs - quantifying package updates for Linux > > distributions > > Where: 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland > > When: Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 7 PM > > Why: The pursuit of technology freedom > > > > http://calagator.org/events/1250481105 > > > > Ben's description: > > > > Ever wondered how many package updates were released for your > > favorite distro in the past month? Or how many times you have had to > > upgrade Firefox? > > > > The Linux Changelog Project is an attempt to present statistics for > > the development and maintenance of Linux Distributions based on publicly > > available changelog data. By creating a distro-agnostic view of all > > changelog updates for a given project, we can see how the size and > > activity of a given distribution compares to its peers. At the moment > > only Fedora and Slackware are supported, but over time more > > distributions will be added. The end goal is to provide a web interface > > that will allow people to search for and browse the millions of package > > updates across all major Linux distributions. > > > > As someone who is largely self-taught in the world of GNU/Linux, > > projects like this are how I learn about the Linux ecosystem and > > practice skills that I apply to my career in IT support. While my > > experience goes all the way back to the dark days of HAL I'm still > > surprised by what I find hiding in the various corners of the Linux > > world. Working with the changelog formats of different distributions has > > challenged hat I thought I knew, and I hope other users (new and old) > > will find it interesting as well. > > -- > Russell Senior > PLUG Volunteer > [email protected]
