Re:Postgres: The Next Generation
by samaysharma on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @06:25PM
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I don't have the data for the average age, but I was recently in a conversation around how long does it take to become a committer since getting involved in Postgres by writing code for it.
So, I wrote a couple git commands like below [1] to figure out when someone was first named in a commit message vs when they made their first commit (as a committer) for the last 10 people who became committers.
The average time of involvement was ~8.9 years (just comparing month / year), with the lowest being ~6.5 years.
Obviously one could do better analysis but my goal was just to get an approximate understanding.
So, I wrote a couple git commands like below [1] to figure out when someone was first named in a commit message vs when they made their first commit (as a committer) for the last 10 people who became committers.
The average time of involvement was ~8.9 years (just comparing month / year), with the lowest being ~6.5 years.
Obviously one could do better analysis but my goal was just to get an approximate understanding.
[1] git log --grep 'Name' --format=%cs | sort | head -1
git log --author 'Name' --format=%cs | sort | head -1