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Redis (64.7k stars): Excluding merges, 8 authors have pushed 8 commits to unstable and 10 commits to all branches. On unstable, 173 files have changed and there

Redis (64.7k stars): Excluding merges, 8 authors have pushed 8 commits to unstable and 10 commits to all branches. On unstable, 173 files have changed and there have been 2,002 additions and 3,194 deletions. Valkey (12k stars): Excluding merges, 41 authors have pushed 147 commits to unstable and 181 commits to all branches. On unstable, 473 files have changed and there have been 10,635 additions and 9,663 deletions. You may as well just start mentally teaching yourself to alias redis to valkey.

skeledrew 2y ago
But what value have those 8 vs 41 authors added to the project with those changes? I think that's the primary concern here.
wmf 2y ago
How are we supposed to interpret these numbers? In its whole history, Redis has had 8 contributors? And in less than a month Valkey has added 33 contributors?
tredre3 2y ago
Those numbers mean nothing because obviously a fork in its inception will have a burst of activity. Half of those changes are probably just renaming redis => valkey, too. Let's check the numbers in 6 months or a year for a truly meaningful figure about the health of each project.
- objektif 2y ago
  Based on your logic “activity” may never be a good metric for usage.
  - freeAgent 2y ago
    And that’s also true insofar as it’ll never be a perfect measure and in some cases (such as comparing a mature project to a brand new fork), it’s a bad measure.
  - tredre3 2y ago
    I don't know what gave you that idea? I'm fine with using the activity comparison to declare a winner. But valkey was created a few weeks ago, obviously it's going to have a burst of activity. However most forks die off rather quickly after the initial burst of enthusiasm. That one might be different, because it has corporate sponsors. So, in 6 months, do the exact same comparison (recent activity, # of recent contributors) and it'll be good enough for me.
- nijave 2y ago
  My thoughts exactly, same thing with OpenTofu recently

skeledrew 2y ago

But what value have those 8 vs 41 authors added to the project with those changes? I think that's the primary concern here.

wmf 2y ago

How are we supposed to interpret these numbers? In its whole history, Redis has had 8 contributors? And in less than a month Valkey has added 33 contributors?

tredre3 2y ago

Those numbers mean nothing because obviously a fork in its inception will have a burst of activity. Half of those changes are probably just renaming redis => valkey, too. Let's check the numbers in 6 months or a year for a truly meaningful figure about the health of each project.

objektif 2y ago
Based on your logic “activity” may never be a good metric for usage.
- freeAgent 2y ago
  And that’s also true insofar as it’ll never be a perfect measure and in some cases (such as comparing a mature project to a brand new fork), it’s a bad measure.
- tredre3 2y ago
  I don't know what gave you that idea? I'm fine with using the activity comparison to declare a winner. But valkey was created a few weeks ago, obviously it's going to have a burst of activity. However most forks die off rather quickly after the initial burst of enthusiasm. That one might be different, because it has corporate sponsors. So, in 6 months, do the exact same comparison (recent activity, # of recent contributors) and it'll be good enough for me.
nijave 2y ago
My thoughts exactly, same thing with OpenTofu recently