[R] Growth of CRAN?

[Spencer Graves]

Dear John:


       Thanks very much.


       CRANpackages is now available via SVN checkout of Ecdat from 
R-Forge.  After it passes R-Forge tests, it will be available via 
install.packages("Ecdat", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org").


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer


On 4/13/2014 10:26 AM, John Fox wrote:
> Dear Spencer,
>
> I've attached the most recent data I have, which are from mid-2012. My
> package counts came from
> https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-*-branch/tests/internet.Rout.save
> (where the * is the R version).
>
> I hope this helps,
>   John
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:r-help-bounces at r-project.org  [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
>> project.org] On Behalf Of Spencer Graves
>> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:59 PM
>> To: R list
>> Subject: [R] Growth of CRAN?
>>
>>         What data exist on the growth of CRAN?
>>
>>
>>         John Fox published some data on it in 2009 ("Aspects of the
>> Social Organization and Trajectory of the R Project", R Journal,
>> http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2009-2/RJournal_2009-2_Fox.pdf).
>> Below please find those numbers plus some additions of mine since. If
>> anyone else has other numbers (or more accurate numbers), I'd like to
>> know.
>>
>>
>>         I plan to add a "CRANpackages" data set to the "Ecdat" package
>> with a title, "Growth of CRAN" unless someone else provides better
>> numbers or title.  [If it already exists on CRAN, I'd like to know. I
>> doubt if it does, because I couldn't find it with findFn{sos} for
>> 'number of CRAN packages' and 'growth of CRAN'.]
>>
>>
>>         Thanks,
>>         Spencer
>>
>>
>> date    packages
>> 2001-06-21    110
>> 2001-12-17    129
>> 2002-06-12    162
>> 2003-05-27    219
>> 2003-11-16    273
>> 2004-06-05    357
>> 2004-10-12    406
>> 2005-06-18    548
>> 2005-12-16    647
>> 2006-05-31    739
>> 2006-12-12    911
>> 2007-04-12    1000
>> 2007-11-16    1300
>> 2008-03-18    1427
>> 2008-10-18    1614
>> 2009-09-17    1952
>> 2012-06-12    3786
>> 2012-11-01    4082
>> 2012-12-14    4210
>> 2013-10-28    4960
>> 2013-11-08    5000
>> 2014-04-13    5428
>>
>>
>> * NOTE:  These numbers may differ slightly from other sources. Numbers
>> through 2009 were read from a plot in Fox's paper.  Numbers since were
>> read at an arbitrary time during the day, Pacific time, from a mirror
>> in
>> the United States and could differ from those recorded by someone else
>> using a different mirror having the same date in local time  someplace
>> else.
>>
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