Table 1 Summary of discussions and messages per category
From: Herding cats in a FOSS ecosystem: a tale of communication and coordination for release management
Category | Discussions | Messages | Median of messages per | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | % | # | % | Discussion | Release | |
Discussions related to release management | ||||||
Announcement | 238 | 25.19 | 740 | 10.65 | 1 | 413 |
Proposals and discussions | 219 | 23.17 | 2074 | 29.85 | 4 | 427 |
Request for approval | 22 | 2.33 | 83 | 1.19 | 3 | 18 |
Request for comments | 181 | 19.15 | 2505 | 36.06 | 6 | 1192 |
Schedule reminders | 45 | 4.76 | 236 | 3.40 | 2 | 12 |
Discussions unrelated to release management | ||||||
Events coordination | 27 | 2.86 | 44 | 0.63 | 1 | 120 |
Expertise seeking | 25 | 2.65 | 184 | 2.65 | 3 | 70 |
Knowledge seeking | 151 | 15.98 | 764 | 11.00 | 3 | 971 |
Out of scope | 37 | 3.92 | 317 | 4.56 | 2 | 26 |
Total | 945 | 100.00 | 6947 | 100.00 | ||