import math


def include_revision(revision_num, skip_factor=1.1):
  """Decide whether to include a revision.

  If the number of revisions is large, we exclude some revisions to avoid
  a quadratic blowup in runtime, since the article is likely also large.

  We make the ratio between consecutive included revision numbers
  appproximately equal to "factor".

  Args:
    revision_num: an integer
    skip_factor: a floating point number >= 1.0

  Returns:
    a boolean
  """
  if skip_factor <= 1.0:
    return True
  return (int(math.log1p(revision_num) / math.log(skip_factor)) != int(
      math.log(revision_num + 2.0) / math.log(skip_factor)))