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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-12-20 04:36:07 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-12-20 04:36:07 +0000
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ a Certifying Authority we recognize?).
(The `lines' figures total .c, .h, .l, and .y files under version control.)
-fetchmail-5.2.0 (Sun Dec 19 23:08:53 EST 1999), 18330 lines:
+fetchmail-5.2.1 (Sun Dec 19 23:08:53 EST 1999), 18330 lines:
* Added FAQ item R10 on timeouts during messages.
* Fixed indentation problem in fetchmailconf.
* Federico Schwindt's patch to fix broken SSL configuration.
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr>
<td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr">Eric's Home Page</a>
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-<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/28 15:33:27 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/12/20 04:35:07 $
</table>
<HR>
<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Trends in the fetchmail project's growth</H1>
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ The growth trend in code size looks sublinear, perhaps logarithmic.
The linear growth trend in population is particularly interesting; a
priori we might expect geometric or logistic growth, given that the
-project spreads by word of mouth. I have not yet been able to
-plausibly imagine a growth model that would produce these numbers.<p>
+project spreads by word of mouth.<P>
+
+It has been suggested that the linear growth rate is the result of a
+situation in which both number of projects and the population of
+eligible programmers are rising on trend curves of the same (probably
+exponential) rate.<p>
There are some other pages doing similar things:<p>
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ vocabulary of the Linux kernel.<p>
<table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr>
<td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr">Eric's Home Page</a>
<td width="30%" align=center>Up to <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a>
-<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/28 15:33:27 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/12/20 04:35:07 $
</table>
<P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>