DocumentCode
2007319
Title
Subversion 1.5: A case study in open source release mismanagement
Author
Wright, Hyrum K. ; Perry, Dewayne E.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
fYear
2009
fDate
18-18 May 2009
Firstpage
13
Lastpage
18
Abstract
In June 2008, the Subversion development team released Subversion 1.5.0. This release contained a number of new features, but arrived only after a long and difficult development, test and release cycle. This protracted process confused and frustrated both users and developers. In this paper, we discuss the events which led to this breakdown, how the release process is being improved, and what lessons other open source projects can learn from the Subversion community´s mistakes.
Keywords
public domain software; software development management; Subversion 1.5.0; open source release mismanagement; release process; Aging; Computer crime; Computer hacking; Control systems; Electric breakdown; History; Laboratories; Project management; Software engineering; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development, 2009. FLOSS '09. ICSE Workshop on
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3720-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FLOSS.2009.5071354
Filename
5071354
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