> Are they making simple spelling changes? Are they making changes to core languages (i.e. Typescript vs Markdown, etc.)? Are they adding a lot of new code and so forth.
I think what you're trying to get at here is answering the question, "Is PR A of greater quality or value than PR B?" I've decided that doesn't matter as much as:
- How easy is it for anyone to open and merge a PR of any kind?
- Once someone opens a PR, do they open another?
- What's the preexisting skill level of someone opening a PR relative to the difficulty of the PR they're attempting?
Trends. Over time. I can't tell you how many contributors start with simple doc updates (which, by the way, are as important as code for the Redwood community) and then follow up with a monster PR. Momentum builds momomentum. Collaboration leads to more collaboration. For the most part, "is A better than B?" is a distraction.
Again, all from my experience and not demonstrable otherwise.
> 4 months for both Next and Redwood and as it currently stands Redwood had 55 unique contributors and Next had 210
One of the reasons this likely feels low to me (in the case of # of Redwood contribs) is that we separate concerns across repos. Is this for the org or the repo?
It would be impossible to find an accurate number, but I'd be much more interested in the ratio of (unique contributors) / (project installations or downloads) and how that ratio trends over time.
For a metric like that, how might the Redwood vs. Next comparison play out?
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