Dear Spencer, I've attached the most recent data I have, which are from mid-2012. My package counts came from https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-*-branch/tests/internet.Rout.save (where the * is the R version).
I hope this helps, John > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Spencer Graves > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:59 PM > To: R list > Subject: [R] Growth of CRAN? > > What data exist on the growth of CRAN? > > > John Fox published some data on it in 2009 ("Aspects of the > Social Organization and Trajectory of the R Project", R Journal, > http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2009-2/RJournal_2009-2_Fox.pdf). > Below please find those numbers plus some additions of mine since. If > anyone else has other numbers (or more accurate numbers), I'd like to > know. > > > I plan to add a "CRANpackages" data set to the "Ecdat" package > with a title, "Growth of CRAN" unless someone else provides better > numbers or title. [If it already exists on CRAN, I'd like to know. I > doubt if it does, because I couldn't find it with findFn{sos} for > 'number of CRAN packages' and 'growth of CRAN'.] > > > Thanks, > Spencer > > > date packages > 2001-06-21 110 > 2001-12-17 129 > 2002-06-12 162 > 2003-05-27 219 > 2003-11-16 273 > 2004-06-05 357 > 2004-10-12 406 > 2005-06-18 548 > 2005-12-16 647 > 2006-05-31 739 > 2006-12-12 911 > 2007-04-12 1000 > 2007-11-16 1300 > 2008-03-18 1427 > 2008-10-18 1614 > 2009-09-17 1952 > 2012-06-12 3786 > 2012-11-01 4082 > 2012-12-14 4210 > 2013-10-28 4960 > 2013-11-08 5000 > 2014-04-13 5428 > > > * NOTE: These numbers may differ slightly from other sources. Numbers > through 2009 were read from a plot in Fox's paper. Numbers since were > read at an arbitrary time during the day, Pacific time, from a mirror > in > the United States and could differ from those recorded by someone else > using a different mirror having the same date in local time someplace > else. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
version date packages 1.3 2001-06-21 110 1.4 2001-12-17 129 1.5 2002-05-29 162 #1.6 2002-10-01 163 1.7 2003-05-27 219 1.8 2003-11-16 273 1.9 2004-06-05 357 2.0 2004-10-12 406 2.1 2005-06-18 548 2.2 2005-12-16 647 2.3 2006-05-31 739 2.4 2006-12-12 911 2.5 2007-04-12 1000 2.6 2007-11-16 1300 2.7 2008-03-18 1427 2.8 2008-10-18 1614 # updated 2.9 2009-04-17 1952 2.10 2009-10-26 2088 2.11 2010-04-22 2445 2.12 2010-10-15 2837 2.13 2011-04-13 3286 2.14 2011-06-20 3618 2.15 2012-07-07 4000
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