Understanding inactive yet available assignees in GitHub

• Main Authors: JIANG, Jing, David LO, MA, Xinyu, FENG, Fuli, ZHANG, Li
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Assignee; GitHub; Inactive; Computer Engineering; OS and Networks; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3785; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4787/viewcontent/1_s20_S0950584917304457_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Context In GitHub, an issue or a pull request can be assigned to a specific assignee who is responsible for working on this issue or pull request. Due to the principle of voluntary participation, available assignees may remain inactive in projects. If assignees ever participate in projects, they are...