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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2019 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 807-818 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-1-7281-0869-8 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-1-7281-0870-4 |
| Publication status | Published - May 2019 |
| Event | 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2019 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 25 May 2019 → 31 May 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | International Conference on Software Engineering |
|---|---|
| ISSN (Print) | 0270-5257 |
| ISSN (electronic) | 1558-1225 |
Abstract
A considerable corpus of research on software evolution focuses on mining changes in software repositories, but omits their pre-integration history. We present a novel method for tracking this otherwise invisible evolution of software changes on mailing lists by connecting all early revisions of changes to their final version in repositories. Since artefact modifications on mailing lists are communicated by updates to fragments (i.e., patches) only, identifying semantically similar changes is a non-trivial task that our approach solves in a language-independent way. We evaluate our method on high-profile open source software (OSS) projects like the Linux kernel, and validate its high accuracy using an elaborately created ground truth. Our approach can be used to quantify properties of OSS development processes, which is an essential requirement for using OSS in reliable or safety-critical industrial products, where certifiability and conformance to processes are crucial. The high accuracy of our technique allows, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time to quantitatively determine if an open development process effectively aligns with given formal process requirements.
Keywords
- commits, mailing lists, mining software repositories, patches, software engineering
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Software
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2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2019: Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 807-818 (International Conference on Software Engineering).
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T1 - The List is the Process
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AU - Ramsauer, Ralf
AU - Lohmann, Daniel
AU - Mauerer, Wolfgang
N1 - Funding information: This work was supported by Siemens AG, Corporate Research, the iDev40 project and the German Research Council (DFG) under grant no. LO 1719/3-1. The iDev40 project has received funding from the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant no. 783163. The JU receives support from the European UnionâA? ?s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. It is co-funded by the consortium members, grants from Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Romania.
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N2 - A considerable corpus of research on software evolution focuses on mining changes in software repositories, but omits their pre-integration history. We present a novel method for tracking this otherwise invisible evolution of software changes on mailing lists by connecting all early revisions of changes to their final version in repositories. Since artefact modifications on mailing lists are communicated by updates to fragments (i.e., patches) only, identifying semantically similar changes is a non-trivial task that our approach solves in a language-independent way. We evaluate our method on high-profile open source software (OSS) projects like the Linux kernel, and validate its high accuracy using an elaborately created ground truth. Our approach can be used to quantify properties of OSS development processes, which is an essential requirement for using OSS in reliable or safety-critical industrial products, where certifiability and conformance to processes are crucial. The high accuracy of our technique allows, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time to quantitatively determine if an open development process effectively aligns with given formal process requirements.
AB - A considerable corpus of research on software evolution focuses on mining changes in software repositories, but omits their pre-integration history. We present a novel method for tracking this otherwise invisible evolution of software changes on mailing lists by connecting all early revisions of changes to their final version in repositories. Since artefact modifications on mailing lists are communicated by updates to fragments (i.e., patches) only, identifying semantically similar changes is a non-trivial task that our approach solves in a language-independent way. We evaluate our method on high-profile open source software (OSS) projects like the Linux kernel, and validate its high accuracy using an elaborately created ground truth. Our approach can be used to quantify properties of OSS development processes, which is an essential requirement for using OSS in reliable or safety-critical industrial products, where certifiability and conformance to processes are crucial. The high accuracy of our technique allows, to the best of our knowledge, for the first time to quantitatively determine if an open development process effectively aligns with given formal process requirements.
KW - commits
KW - mailing lists
KW - mining software repositories
KW - patches
KW - software engineering
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U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.1902.03147
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.1902.03147
M3 - Conference contribution
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SN - 978-1-7281-0870-4
T3 - International Conference on Software Engineering
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PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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