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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/FLOSS.2009.5071354
