Stability and volatility in the Linux kernel

Stability and volatility in the Linux kernel

Packages are the basic units of release and reuse in software development. The contents and boundaries of packages should therefore be chosen to minimize change propagation and maximize reusability. This suggests the need for a predictive measure of stability at the package level. We observed the ra...

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Hauptverfasser: Champaign, J., Malton, A., Dong, X.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Computer science
Conferences
Costs
Data structures
Kernel
Linux
Packaging
Software packages
Software quality
Stability
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Zusammenfassung:Packages are the basic units of release and reuse in software development. The contents and boundaries of packages should therefore be chosen to minimize change propagation and maximize reusability. This suggests the need for a predictive measure of stability at the package level. We observed the rates of change of packages in Linux, a large open-source software system. We compared our empirical observations to a theoretical 'stability metric' proposed by Martin. In this case, we found that Martin's metric has no predictive value.
DOI:10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231215