Title :
Studying the evolution of open source systems at different levels of granularity: two case studies
Author :
Capiluppi, Andrea ; Ramil, Juan F.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
This work presents a study of several evolutionary attributes of two open source software systems: the distributed file system Arla and the stable branch of the Web browser Mozilla. The attributes (size, activity rate and complexity) are visualized over releases using measures at various levels of granularity: folders, files and procedures. A number of hypotheses about the evolutionary behaviour of the systems are considered and, in general, supported by the data from the 2 systems.
Keywords :
computer communications software; distributed databases; online front-ends; public domain software; software maintenance; Arla; Mozilla; Web browser; distributed file system; open source systems; software system evolution; Collaborative software; Computer aided software engineering; Computer industry; Data visualization; Distributed computing; File systems; Open source software; Size measurement; Software maintenance; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
Software Evolution, 2004. Proceedings. 7th International Workshop on Principles of
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2211-4
DOI :
10.1109/IWPSE.2004.1334775
