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The Role of Local Open Source Communities in the Development of Open Source Projects Read chapter Read first chapter

2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Who Cares About My Feature Request?

Authors : Lukas Heppler, Remo Eckert, Matthias Stuermer

Published in: Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Previous studies on issue tracking systems for open source software (OSS) focused mainly on requests for bug fixes. However, requests to add a new feature or an improvement to an OSS project are often also made in an issue tracking system. These inquiries are particularly important because they determine the further development of the software. This study examines if there is any difference between requests of the IBM developer community and other sources in terms of the likelihood of successful implementation. Our study consists of a case study of the issue tracking system BugZilla in the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE). Our hypothesis, which was that feature requests from outsiders have less chances of being implemented, than feature requests from IBM developers, was confirmed.

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Metadata
Title
Who Cares About My Feature Request?
Authors
Lukas Heppler
Remo Eckert
Matthias Stuermer
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-39224-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-39225-7

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_7

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