Growth of Ubuntu Distributed Development

[Francis J. Lacoste]

Hi,

I'm interested in getting an understanding whether the usage of UDD is growing 
or not.

According to the stats I get from LP usage, we are seeing more and more 
package branches being created, but not necessarily many more people using it.

Reviewing the last four months, specifically we went from

~600 to ~900 package branches (non-official)
~100 to ~150 registrants
~300 to ~500 source packages with branches

So roughly a 50% increase across all dimensions.

But the average number of people registering new branches within the last 
month is kind of stable at ~40 evenly split between Canonical and non-
Canonical folks.

My theory is that usage is increasing but among a core group of people. So a 
few more people try it out, but haven't persisted in making the switch. But 
the ~15-25 people how are really using it are using it more.

Does that seem consistent with your views of the current usage? What is 
blocking more users from jumping on the UDD bandwagon?

Let me know your thoughts.

-- 
Francis J. Lacoste
francis.lacoste at canonical.com
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