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I'm not sure that usage indicates even rough numbers of hackers. Hacking OS code is a bit more daunting than hacking RoR code (at least in popular opinion), the
by amackera 15y ago
I'm not sure that usage indicates even rough numbers of hackers. Hacking OS code is a bit more daunting than hacking RoR code (at least in popular opinion), therefore I would think that more users of RoR are likely to hack on it.
That said, Linux is a huge project with tons of contributors.
- pwaring 15y agoI suspect it's likely to be: RoR: Large number of contributors with relatively small patches, few full time contributors who are paid just to work on RoR. Linux: Possibly smaller number of overall contributors but supplying more patches each, and more patches in total. More contributors who are paid to work on the kernel on a full or part time basis.
- tonfa 15y agoThe numbers for the kernel are well known (and they are hard to beat for any open source projects): https://lwn.net/Articles/395961/ https://lwn.net/Articles/395961/ (for every version ~1.1k devs and around 10k changesets)
- jgesture 15y agoIndeed. I don't recall the exact numbers, though I've heard both Linux and RoR numbers, I think that Linux has factors more developers committing to it than RoR. Linux is, perhaps, the most rapidly changing piece of software in existence