On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:52 AM, Michael Gilbert wrote: > The better question is whether the xfce switch had or has any > influence on slowing the general debian growth rate [0]? Is the > slight downtick over the last few months due to the default desktop, > or some other change that users aren't liking (maybe systemd), or just > a random fluctuation?
Here's a really interesting view showing the downward trend starting somewhere in April [0]. Note that the xfce trend was consistently growing prior to and past January (when the default was changed), but slowed a lot in April. At the same time, gnome and base-files started losing users. I've chosen to highlight April 26th, which is the date systemd 204-9 was uploaded to unstable [1]. It was around that time that the systemd packages introduced dependency changes that casual users were forced to think about. Anyway, nothing conclusive since correlation != causation, but something definitely worth pondering about systemd's potential cause and effect. Best wishes, Mike [0] https://qa.debian.org/popcon-graph.php?packages=base-files+task-gnome-desktop+task-xfce-desktop+gnome+xfce4&show_installed=on&want_legend=on&want_ticks=on&from_date=&to_date=&hlght_date=2014-04-26&date_fmt=%25Y-%25m&beenhere=1 [1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/s/systemd/news/20140426T230007Z.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CANTw=MPm7-Dms7Qnw+rQ0Tn_7uJ-x1D8gFuVQG3-D60=acm...@mail.gmail.com
