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Evolution Of Debian Package Dependencies Resemble Predator-Prey Relationships

Posted by Unknown on from the tastes-like-superturkey dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists have performed an ecological analysis of software packages in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution over time; they found that dependencies can be successfully modeled as a predator-prey relationship."

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  1. Re:Pure nonsense by Kamiza+Ikioi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2541160&cid=38152056 - Laid out here. It can lead developers to spot problem applications, that, though popular enough now, may be relying on a few key dying dependencies... a sort of hidden death that without enough developers, the software, though popular, could quickly deteriorate and die.

    I'd use an example, but I'll inevitably piss someone off if I mention any packages.

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