An Algorithm for Gradual Patch Acceptance Detection in Open Source Software Repository Mining

作者：Phannachitta Passakorn^*; Ihara Akinori; Jirapiwong Pijak; Ohira Masao; Matsumoto Ken ichi

来源：IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, 2012, E95A(9): 1478-1489.

DOI：10.1587/transfun.E95.A.1478

• Open Source Software
• OSS repository mining
• patch acceptance
• patch submission
• OSS evolution pattern

Nowadays, software development societies have given more precedence to Open Source Software (OSS). There is much research aimed at understanding the OSS society to sustain the OSS product. To lead an OSS project to a successful conclusion, researchers study how developers change source codes called patches in project repositories. In existing studies, we found an argument in the conventional patch acceptance detection procedure. It was so simplified that it omitted important cases from the analysis, and would lead researchers to wrong conclusions. In this research, we propose an algorithm to overcome the problem. To prove out our algorithm, we constructed a framework and conducted two case studies. As a result, we came to a new and interesting understanding of patch activities.

• 出版日期2012-9