CPAN Bus Factor

Perhaps you've noticed a new metric when browsing MetaCPAN?

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What is "bus factor"?

Wikipedia defines "bus factor" as

a measurement of the risk resulting from information and capabilities not being shared among team members, derived from the phrase "in case they get hit by a bus."

For CPAN our definition is "a measurement of how risky it might be to start relying on a CPAN module, which might not be actively maintained".

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