Goal: Identify the size of the project community and whether it is growing, shrinking, or staying the same.
| Metric | Question |
|---|---|
| Contributors | What is the number of contributors? |
| New Contributors | What is the overall number of new contributors? |
| New Contributors of Commits | What is the number of persons contributing with an accepted commit for the first time? |
| New Contributors of Issues | What is the number of persons opening an issue for the first time? |
| New Contributors closing Issues | What is the number of persons closing an issue for the first time? |
| [New Contributors of Initiated Code Reviews] | What is the number of persons initiating a code review for the first time? |
| New Contributors of Code Reviews | What is the number of persons contributing with reviews of code for the first time? |
| New Contributors on the Email List | What is the number of persons posting messages in mailing lists for the first time? |
| Contributing Organizations | What is the number of contributing organizations? |
| New Contributing Organizations | What is the number of new contributing organizations? |
| Sub-Projects | What is the number of sub-projects? |
| Pull Requests Merged/Closed (Contribution Acceptance) | Ratio of contributions accepted vs. closed without acceptance |
Disclaimer: The name/question pairs listed are not meant to represent a fully comprehensive list. It is expected that this list will evolve as people have insights and thoughts about the name/question pairs that comprise Growth-Maturity-Decline.
Tooling: The name/question pairs are intended to be a starting point for CHAOSS-related software. It is expected that this list will evolve based on the ability (or inability) of software to successfully implement the specific name/question pairs.
Background: The name/question pairs have been identified based CHAOSS-related outreach activities. We thank everyone who participated.
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