Title :
EVOSS: A tool for managing the evolution of free and open source software systems
Author :
Ruscio, Davide Di ; Pelliccione, Patrizio ; Pierantonio, Alfonso
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of L´´Aquila, L´´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
Software systems increasingly require to deal with continuous evolution. In this paper we present the EVOSS tool that has been defined to support the upgrade of free and open source software systems. EVOSS is composed of a simulator and of a fault detector component. The simulator is able to predict failures before they can affect the real system. The fault detector component has been defined to discover inconsistencies in the system configuration model. EVOSS improves the state of the art of current tools, which are able to predict a very limited set of upgrade faults, while they leave a wide range of faults unpredicted.
Keywords :
configuration management; public domain software; software fault tolerance; software maintenance; software management; EVOSS tool; evolution management; fault detector component; free and open source software systems; simulator component; system configuration model; upgrade fault prediction; Analytical models; DSL; Fault detection; Linux; Open source software; Tagging; Configuration management and deployment; Model-driven software engineering; Software evolution; Tools and environments;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering (ICSE), 2012 34th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zurich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1066-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0270-5257
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.2012.6227234
