Sampling in Open Source Software Development: The Case for Using the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution

Author

Spaeth, Sebastian ; Stuermer, Matthias ; Haefliger, Stefan ; von Krogh, G.

Author_Institution

Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich

fYear

2007

fDate

Jan. 2007

Abstract

Research on open source software (OSS) projects often focuses on the SourceForge collaboration platform. We argue that a GNU/Linux distribution, such as Debian, is better suited for the sampling of projects because it avoids biases and contains unique information only available in an integrated environment. Especially research on the reuse of components can build on dependency information inherent in the Debian GNU/Linux packaging system. This paper therefore contributes to the practice of sampling methods in OSS research and provides empirical data on reuse dependencies in Debian

Keywords

Linux; project management; public domain software; sampling methods; software packages; Debian GNU/Linux distribution; Debian GNU/Linux packaging system; OSS research; SourceForge collaboration platform; open source software development projects; sampling methods; Collaborative software; Data mining; Databases; International collaboration; Kernel; Linux; Open source software; Operating systems; Packaging; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

ISSN

1530-1605

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1605

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2007.471

Filename

4076710