Friday, September 16, 2005
Happy Birthday, FLOSSmole
Happy Birthday, FLOSSmole (nee OSSmole). It was 1 year ago today that we started FLOSSmole project on Sourceforge. What a joyous occasion.
Like any one-year-old, FLOSSmole is growing rapidly, learning new things, meeting new people, and generally being cute. (Ok, maybe spreadsheets aren't all that cute afterall.)
But like any proud mama, I am pleased with the progress of FLOSSmole, and I'd like to take all the credit, but really, we all know that with open source projects, "it takes a village". (And basically my role is just to avoid being the Village Idiot.) Thank you to a wonderful team.
Like any one-year-old, FLOSSmole is growing rapidly, learning new things, meeting new people, and generally being cute. (Ok, maybe spreadsheets aren't all that cute afterall.)
But like any proud mama, I am pleased with the progress of FLOSSmole, and I'd like to take all the credit, but really, we all know that with open source projects, "it takes a village". (And basically my role is just to avoid being the Village Idiot.) Thank you to a wonderful team.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
July Raw Developer Data
The July raw developer data has finally been released. I had actually forgotten about it (oops). We had a problem in the way our spider collected the datasource_id=5 developers, so I had put off the release until I fixed that problem, and then I promptly forgot about the whole thing.
In any event, the files are posted, so enjoy!
These files contain (a) complete lists of developers and (b) complete lists of which developer is working on which project, and whether they are an admin on that project. If you need historical data (to judge developer movement between projects), refer to earlier file releases (i.e. April, January, November 2004, etc).
And the developer problem was fixed in the spider code, so everything should be back to normal for the October release! Thanks for your patience.
In any event, the files are posted, so enjoy!
These files contain (a) complete lists of developers and (b) complete lists of which developer is working on which project, and whether they are an admin on that project. If you need historical data (to judge developer movement between projects), refer to earlier file releases (i.e. April, January, November 2004, etc).
And the developer problem was fixed in the spider code, so everything should be back to normal for the October release! Thanks for your patience.
Friday, September 09, 2005
some changes in the works
Coming up:
1. we'll be doing our next SF "run" in October
2. we're making a web interface for "live" read-only queries - this will satisfy our occasional middle-of-the-night wild hypotheses... "gee, I wonder if developers who program in python also program in java or perl... and where are all these ruby hackers coming from anyway...?" You've got questions, we've got answers.
3. if you've used our data in a project, let us know! It feels good to know we've helped you out. Even better, consider letting us host your data or your results. You'll be world-famous, and get the satisfaction of "giving back" to the open source community.
1. we'll be doing our next SF "run" in October
2. we're making a web interface for "live" read-only queries - this will satisfy our occasional middle-of-the-night wild hypotheses... "gee, I wonder if developers who program in python also program in java or perl... and where are all these ruby hackers coming from anyway...?" You've got questions, we've got answers.
3. if you've used our data in a project, let us know! It feels good to know we've helped you out. Even better, consider letting us host your data or your results. You'll be world-famous, and get the satisfaction of "giving back" to the open source community.
