alternative-packages-examples

istanbul -> nyc

The following figure compares the over time centrality ranking of istanbul and nyc.

the centrality of istanbul and nyc

Pull request examples

The following are examples of pull requests that perform a dependency migration from istanbul to nyc:

What is package centrality?

By definition, centrality is a measure of the prominence or importance of a node in a social network. In our context, the centrality allows us to rank the packages based on the popularity/importance of packages that depend on them. Specifically, we use the PageRank algorithm to evaluate the shift in their centrality over time. For more details read our research paper: Towards Using Package Centrality Trend to Identify Packages in Decline.