Re: git version statistics
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> From: "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:48:02 AM
> Subject: git version statistics
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> Just for fun, I've assembled a few statistics on git client versions
> that hit github.com.
Certainly an interesting read... Thanks!
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> The interesting thing to me is how spiky it is, and where the spikes
> fall. I would expect to see a spike around the highest maint release
> of each major version (so v1.7.8.6, for example, with many fewer
> installs of v1.7.8.5, v1.7.8.4, and so forth). But that's not what
> happens. The most popular v1.7.8.x versions are .3 and .2, and hardly
> anybody bothered to move to v1.7.8.6.
I wonder if the spikes correlate with time between releases? For open source projects I tend to download the most recent when setting up a new machine (or after encountering a nasty bug), and then not upgrade for a while. So in that mode of operation, releases that are "the newest" for the longest would get more users... (though at least on my Mac the homebrew project is helping me break the habit and stay more up-to-date)
> I can only assume these are skewed by some widely-used binary
> distribution being locked onto particular versions (e.g., the spike at
> v1.7.2.5 represents Debian stable).
... but then again, that's probably a better reason for large swaths of users to have a fixed version...
Thanks again for the interesting read.
Stephen