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cross-posting my answer here: The package "gnuit" (GNU Interactive Tools, a file browser/viewer and process viewer) was called "git" in Debian up until 2009-09
by secure 14y ago
cross-posting my answer here:
The package "gnuit" (GNU Interactive Tools, a file browser/viewer and process viewer) was called "git" in Debian up until 2009-09-09, while git was called "git-core".
Therefore, a better graph to look at is:
http://qa.debian.org/popcon-png.php?packages=git-core%20git&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 http://qa.debian.org/popcon-png.php?packages=git-core%20git&...
Which shows that the popularity did not rise dramatically (take the green line for the left part until they cross, then take the red line).
- calinet6 14y agoNot as instant, but still exponential. That's an interesting factoid, but I think the intent of the question remains valid.
- pseut 14y ago> Which shows that the popularity did not rise dramatically (take the green line for the left part until they cross, then take the red line). It's less dramatic, but it does look like there's a pretty substantial increase that can probably be attributed to "using an easier to discover package name." Out of (genuine) curiosity, does the graph include Ubuntu users?
- secure 14y agoThe graph does not contain Ubuntu users. Ubuntu also uses popularity contest, but with a separate database from Debian. The number of popcon submissions in Ubuntu is one order of magnitude higher than the number of popcon submissions in Debian. Unfortunately, I cannot find out whether Ubuntu makes the graphs publically accessible like Debian does.
- dbaupp 14y agoWith a bit of image editing: http://i.imgur.com/PmYj7.png http://i.imgur.com/PmYj7.png It does look like something happened that caused a spike in popularity.
- darkxanthos 14y agoWhy it's so important to double check your data.