Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:51:29 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a few questions and concepts Message-ID: <17463.52721.425702.630322@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <4437B711.9010608@daleco.biz> References: <43461.208.11.134.3.1144443260.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <20060407213423.GB96006@gothmog.pc> <200604071911.49662.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <44373920.5080006@daleco.biz> <17463.16480.282250.826517@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4437B711.9010608@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey writes: > >> It's somewhat interesting (to me) that the even numbered releases > >> seem to have had longer and perhaps more successful runs than the > >> odd numbered ones. 5.X, in particular, seemed short to me. > > > Two comments: > > 1) Sample size = 2. > > You may need to explain the math for that. 6 code trees, divided > by either the number of odds or evens, equals 3. I'm discarding 1.x as affected by outside events (the lawsuit) and 6.x, as both a) uncompleted and b) done under a different formal release structure. That leaves [2-5] - 4 units, or two pairs for comparison. Robert Huff
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