Evolution Of Debian Package Dependencies Resemble Predator-Prey Relationships 58
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."
Re:Pure nonsense (Score:5, Interesting)
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2541160&cid=38152056 [slashdot.org] - 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.