From be3bc40e774b898c277dd97648f333190adc0fd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 04:36:07 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** svn path=/trunk/; revision=2670 --- NEWS | 2 +- history.html | 12 ++++++++---- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index e1f3c6d9..a4efe245 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. diff --git a/history.html b/history.html index 0d7d4ac7..0567305a 100644 --- a/history.html +++ b/history.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Trends in the fetchmail project's growth

@@ -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.

+project spreads by word of mouth.

+ +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.

There are some other pages doing similar things:

@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ vocabulary of the Linux kernel.

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