On the Usefulness of Ownership Metrics in Open-source Software Projects

• Main Authors: FOUCAULT, Matthieu, TEYTON, Cédric, LO, David, BLANC, Xavier., FALLERI, Jean-Rémy
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Empirical study; Process metrics; Software engineering; Computer Sciences; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2848
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Context Code ownership metrics were recently defined in order to distinguish major and minor contributors of a software module, and to assess whether the ownership of such a module is strong or shared between developers. Objective The relationship between these metrics and software quality was initi...