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HICSS
2007
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Patch Review Processes in Open Source Software Development Communities: A Comparative Case Study
In spite of the overwhelming success of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) like Apache and GNU/Linux, there is a limited understanding of the processes and methodologies that speci...
Jai Asundi, Rajiv Jayant
ICSM
2008
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Understanding the rationale for updating a function's comment
Up-to-date comments are critical for the successful evolution of a software application. When modifying a function, developers may update the comment associated with the function ...
Haroon Malik, Istehad Chowdhury, Hsiao-Ming Tsou, ...
HICSS
2007
IEEE
130views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Analysis of Activity in the Open Source Software Development Community
— Open Source Software is computer software for which the source code is publicly open for inspection, modification, and redistribution. While research of a few, large, successf...
Scott Christley, Gregory R. Madey
IEE
2002
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13 years 6 months ago
A study of configuration management in open source software projects
Projects where developers are geographically distributed and with high personnel turnover are usually considered to be hard to manage. Any organisation that successfully handles s...
Ulf Asklund, Lars Bendix
HICSS
2007
IEEE
120views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Web Mash-ups and Patchwork Prototyping: User-driven technological innovation with Web 2.0 and Open Source Software
The recent emergence of web mash-ups and open source software is driving the development of new practices in software and systems development. In this paper we explore novel pract...
Ingbert R. Floyd, M. Cameron Jones, Dinesh Rathi, ...