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> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:48:10 +0100
> From: Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com>
> Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, emacs-devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> 
> Either way, I think the relevant metric is precisely the number of
> *committers*.

Not for us, no.  Committers don't write code, they just commit.  What
we need is more active developers, i.e. authors.