[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "JH" == Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@zope.com> writes:

  JH> I was imagining the answer would be something more like: Count
  JH> number of bugs marked as "closed" and "fixed" over some time
  JH> interval.

I think that if the primary purpose of measuring stability is
communicating it to a large user population, including managers and
decision makers.  We need to have only one or two easy to understand
metrics.

Jeremy