{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8","id":55659984,"number":8,"title":"Lab 3: Laws of Evolution","user":{"login":"fortjohnson","id":3334538,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3334538?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson","html_url":"https://github.com/fortjohnson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fortjohnson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-01-27T19:04:12Z","updated_at":"2015-01-27T20:31:28Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Pick a one of the Laws of Evolution from your reading.  Select an open source project and attempt to uphold or debunk the law using whatever tools and data you deem necessary.  "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/comments/71722041","html_url":"https://github.com/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8#issuecomment-71722041","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ycoady/UVic-Software-Evolution/issues/8","id":71722041,"user":{"login":"chrisjcook","id":5895392,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5895392?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook","html_url":"https://github.com/chrisjcook","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/chrisjcook/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-01-27T20:31:28Z","updated_at":"2015-01-27T20:31:28Z","body":"## (1978) Law of Conservation of Organizational Stability ##\r\n_The work rate of an organization evolving an E-type software system tends\r\nto be constant over the operational lifetime of that system or phases of that\r\nlifetime._\r\n\r\n#### [Django](https://github.com/django/django/graphs/contributors?from=2010-11-04&to=2015-01-27&type=c) ####\r\n\r\nAs per the Django readme:\r\n> Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.\r\n\r\nDjango's Github history goes back to July 2005, and the project has 19,838 commits to date. And aside from 3-4 spikes in volume, the rate of commits has been fairly consistent throughout its near 10-year life. This can be seen in the graph of Djano's commit history:\r\n\r\n![django_commits](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5895392/5926346/3f13b466-a61f-11e4-9515-a5485393e1b5.PNG)\r\n\r\n#### Conclusion ####\r\n\r\nWe see this trend in commit history as supporting evidence for the validity of the Law of Conservation of Organisational Stability.  We also noticed the same trend in projects like [Angular](https://github.com/angular/angular/graphs/contributors) and [Node](https://github.com/joyent/node/graphs/contributors). \r\n\r\nConclusion? ***Upheld***.\r\n\r\n--- Chris Cook, Richard Claus, Sarah Nicholson"}}