Measuring the scientific-software community
Measuring the scientific-software community
Posted May 20, 2016 17:12 UTC (Fri) by sfeam (subscriber, #2841)In reply to: Measuring the scientific-software community by ScottMinster
Parent article: Measuring the scientific-software community
What causes the baseline download rate? Indeed a puzzling question. I maintain several scientific software packages, ranging from reasonably popular to truly obscure. In all cases there is a continuous level of downloads. Who on earth would periodically download an obscure package that has not been updated in years? I have never been able to figure that out. But in any case the description of a baseline level with spikes following each new release matches what I have seen myself.
Posted May 26, 2016 5:44 UTC (Thu)
by dlang (guest, #313)
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You also have people who start using it installing it on more systems (and yes, many people do install from the Internet instead of from a local copy)
Measuring the scientific-software community