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MatH:

Do you have a number on that?

Details are in the linked ticket, but we had ~500,000 package commits in 2025. Trying to stuff all of that into one git repo and keep it forever seems crazy to me, but I’ve never tried it.

The timestamp of the first message to come into the public-inbox is 2026-05-29 00:17:06 UTC

Since then we have 7488 commits (1 commit = 1 commit to src.fp.o = 1 email in the public inbox), that rounds up to 22 464 git objects - 3x the number of commits

For those who want to check the count, you can check out the POC on:

Vít Smolík:

hybrid approach

I agree. As I’ve said elsewhere, there are two different use cases here:

Analysis Alerts

It seems like these would each be best served by separate systems. My thought was that FDWG can provide analysis (today!) and public-inbox can provide alerts.

Michael J Gruber:

It’s a bit hard to tell without knowing said FDWG project …

FDWG = Fedora Data Working Group. We’re new, founded late last year.

In short, we’re focused on building analytical capabilities for our data. Actual analysis is mostly TODO, though we’re seeking use cases including those from packagers.

Here is a WIP slide I’m bringing t...

Vít Smolík:

Integrate the commits into the FDWG project - for easier searching / filtering / archiving / other stuff people may want to do

Are FDWG assets hosted on Fedora Infrastructure yet?