1University of Bern (Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland - Suisse)
Abstract : Previous studies on issue tracking systems for open source software (OSS) focused mainly on requests for bug fixes. However, requests to add a new feature or an improvement to an OSS project are often also made in an issue tracking system. These inquiries are particularly important because they determine the further development of the software. This study examines if there is any difference between requests of the IBM developer community and other sources in terms of the likelihood of successful implementation. Our study consists of a case study of the issue tracking system BugZilla in the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE). Our hypothesis, which was that feature requests from outsiders have less chances of being implemented, than feature requests from IBM developers, was confirmed.
Kevin Crowston; Imed Hammouda; Björn Lundell; Gregorio Robles; Jonas Gamalielsson; Juho Lindman. 12th IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS), May 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, AICT-472, pp.85-96, 2016, Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities. 〈10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_7〉
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Lukas Heppler, Remo Eckert, Matthias Stuermer. Who Cares About My Feature Request?. Kevin Crowston; Imed Hammouda; Björn Lundell; Gregorio Robles; Jonas Gamalielsson; Juho Lindman. 12th IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS), May 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, AICT-472, pp.85-96, 2016, Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities. 〈10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_7〉. 〈hal-01369054〉
