GemVelocity
A way to see gem velocity. There are three ways you can view graphs.
AggregatedVelocitator
SingleVelocitator
MultipleVelocitator
Some examples are noted below.
Note
There may be some inconstancies. These are outlined in:
https://gist.github.com/shaiguitar/d2af997b7f58e24fd305
It seems it happens with older data. I'm investigating though with the help of the rubygems team as per this and will hopefully have some progress soon.
Requirements
It draws graphs. So...you'll need imagemagick/rmagick. Any problems with installation let me know and I'll try to help out.
There are plans to put it on the web somewhere, so if you wait long enough you may not even need to install it.
Example
velocitator = MultipleVelocitator.new("rails", ["4.0.0","3.2.14","2.3.5"])
file = velocitator.graph("/tmp")
Produces:
Notice the date range:
velocitator = MultipleVelocitator.new("rails", ["4.0.0","3.2.14","0.9.1"])
file = velocitator.graph("/tmp", [3.months.ago, Time.now])
Produces:
velocitator = AggregatedVelocitator.new("rails", "4")
# matches any version /^4.\d/ etc
file = velocitator.graph("/tmp")
Produces:
Another: celluloid
You could do the same with a SingleVelocitator
as well:
velocitator = SingleVelocitator.new("rails", "4.0.0")
file = velocitator.graph("/tmp")
That image is left as an excerise to the reader. Actually it's late. But try it and see.
Also, you should be able to pass in max,min values which completes you being able to manipulate the boundries of the graph in question.
Web UI
Do you want to see this with ease (Hey, the api is easy. Whatever) on the web at http://rubygems-velocity.org/gem/rails/4.0.0,3.2.14
or something similar? I could do it, but I need to know it's worth the hassle.
Also, if you have any idea of how you'd like to use it, please leave a comment on the issue
Lemme know.
Feedback
Is appreciated! Also, contributions! Any (other) ideas?