Do CONTRIBUTING files provide information about OSS newcomers' onboarding barriers?
Effectively onboarding newcomers is essential for the success of open source projects. These projects often provide onboarding guidelines in their ‘CONTRIBUTING’ files (e.g., CONTRIBUTING.md on GitHub). These files explain, for example, how to find open tasks, implement solutions, and submit code fo...
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Main Authors: | FRONCHETTI, Felipe, SHEPHERD, David, WIESE, Igor, TREUDE, Christoph, GEROSA, Marco, STEINMACHER, Igor |
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2023
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Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8897 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9900/viewcontent/FSE2023_Fronchetti.pdf |
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