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On 04/05/2013 08:37 AM, Chuck Thier wrote:
> I'be seen very obvious examples of stats like this being gamed.  As an
> example, overly trivial patches that add no value, shortly followed by
> company press releases with how many developers are contributing to the
> project.  I would also be careful with what stats we as a community put
> emphasis on.  For example, I cringe every time someone lauds the number
> of lines of code, as it is such a poor metric.

Well said.

-jay