Difference between revisions of "MapServer Project Update - 2007 Q1"

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Take a look at MapServer statistics at Ohloh. Here are some excerpts:

27 developers: " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."

Mature, well-established codebase: "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.
A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team.
Note: The source code for MapServer might actually be older than the source control history can reveal. Many projects begin by duplicating a large amount of source code from an existing, older project. You can usually tell whether this is the case by looking for a rapid rise in the amount of code early in the project's history."

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 * Mailing list members, ... nbr of developers, etc.
-Take a look at Mapbender statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:
+Take a look at MapServer statistics at [http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3692 Ohloh]. Here are some excerpts:
 * '''27 developers''': " Over the past twelve months, 12 developers contributed new code to MapServer. This is a relatively large team, putting this project among the top 5% of all project teams on Ohloh. For this measurement, Ohloh considered only recent changes to the code. Over the entire history of the project, 27 developers have contributed."
 * '''Mature, well-established codebase''': "The first lines of source code were added to MapServer in 2000. This is a relatively long time for an open source project to stay active, and can be a very good sign.<br> A long source control history like this one shows that the project has enough merit to hold contributors's interest for a long time. It might indicate a mature and relatively bug-free code base, and can be a sign of an organized, dedicated development team.<br> '''Note:''' The source code for MapServer might actually be older than the source control history can reveal. Many projects begin by duplicating a large amount of source code from an existing, older project. You can usually tell whether this is the case by looking for a rapid rise in the amount of code early in the project's history."