• DocumentCode
    11910
  • Title

    Release Stabilization on Linux and Chrome

  • Author

    Rahman, Md Tajmilur ; Rigby, Peter C.

  • Author_Institution
    Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Mar.-Apr. 2015
  • Firstpage
    81
  • Lastpage
    88
  • Abstract
    An empirical study of the time and effort for release stabilization on Linux and Chrome found that small teams controlled the stabilization effort, few changes were reverted, and the original developer didn´t do much of the rework. Despite regular rapid release cycles, a rush period occurred before release stabilization, and stabilization periods could vary up to 10 days.
  • Keywords
    Linux; online front-ends; software development management; Chrome; Linux; regular rapid release cycles; release stabilization; rush period; stabilization effort; Configuration management; Continuous production; Schedules; Software development; Software engineering; Software measurement; Standards; configuration management; software engineering; software release management and delivery;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2015.31
  • Filename
    7006343