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Isn’t number of commits a very weak measure of activity? All these metrics depend greatly on the size and maturity of a project, the base language the majority
by mattip 4y ago
Isn’t number of commits a very weak measure of activity? All these metrics depend greatly on the size and maturity of a project, the base language the majority of code is written in, and the culture of the company or community behind the project. I would tend to use them to look at a single project over time rather than between projects.
- rywalker 4y agoI'd put Github stars in the very weak category :) Combining commits + contributors is my favorite (obviously!), especially when considered over a long time range. Yes, some (usually smaller) teams make small incremental commits, others have more ceremony and commits tend to be less frequent and bigger. And you could easily game the system theoretically, but not easily in a project of important and substance. We've added a voting system, where we give every dev 20 votes, and we'd give more notable OSS contributors a higher weighting, but it's very early days for that — but we'd mix that data into the score if we had it. How would you do it? We're open to suggestions :)