How many eyeballs does a bug need? An empirical validation of Linus' Law

How many eyeballs does a bug need? An empirical validation of Linus' Law

Linus’ Law reflects on a key characteristic of open source software development: developers’ tendency to closely work together in the bug resolution process. In this paper we empirically examine Linus’ Law using a data-set of 1,000+ Android bugs, owned by 70+ developers. Our results indicate that en...

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Main Authors: DATTA, Subhajit, SARKAR, Proshanta, DAS, Sutirtha, SRESHTHA, Sonu, LADE, Prasanth, MAJUMDER, Subhashis
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
Subjects:
Android
Betweenness
Connection
Latent Dirichlet Allocation
Linus' Law
Regression
Social Network Analysis
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
Software Engineering
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5580
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6583/viewcontent/HowManyEyeballsDoesABugNeed_2014_av.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:Linus’ Law reflects on a key characteristic of open source software development: developers’ tendency to closely work together in the bug resolution process. In this paper we empirically examine Linus’ Law using a data-set of 1,000+ Android bugs, owned by 70+ developers. Our results indicate that encouraging developers to work closely with one another has nuanced implications; while one form of contact may help reduce bug resolution time, another form can have quite the opposite effect. We present statistically significant evidence in support of our results and discuss their relevance at the individual and organizational levels.

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