Stability and Volatility in the Linux Kernel

	This Article
	Subscribers, please Login Purchase article: $19 PDF IEEE Xplore Subscribers RSS feed
	Share
	Email this Article to a friend
	Bibliographic References
	ASCII Text BibTex RefWorks Procite/RefMan/Endnote
	Add to:
	Digg Furl Spurl Blink Simpy Google Del.icio.us Y!MyWeb
	Search
	Similar Articles Articles by John Champaign Articles by Andrew Malton Articles by Xinyi Dong

Sixth International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE'03)

Helsinki, Finland

September 01-September 02

ISBN: 0-7695-1903-2

	ASCII Text	x
	John Champaign, Andrew Malton, Xinyi Dong, "Stability and Volatility in the Linux Kernel," Principles of Software Evolution, International Workshop on, pp. 95, Sixth International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE'03), 2003.

	BibTex	x
	@article{ 10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231215, author = {John Champaign and Andrew Malton and Xinyi Dong}, title = {Stability and Volatility in the Linux Kernel}, journal ={Principles of Software Evolution, International Workshop on}, volume = {0}, year = {2003}, isbn = {0-7695-1903-2}, pages = {95}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231215}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

	RefWorks Procite/RefMan/Endnote	x
	TY - CONF JO - Principles of Software Evolution, International Workshop on TI - Stability and Volatility in the Linux Kernel SN - 0-7695-1903-2 SP EP A1 - John Champaign, A1 - Andrew Malton, A1 - Xinyi Dong, PY - 2003 KW - null VL - 0 JA - Principles of Software Evolution, International Workshop on ER -

John Champaign, University of Waterloo

Andrew Malton, University of Waterloo

Xinyi Dong, University of Waterloo

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/IWPSE.2003.1231215

Packages are the basic units of release and reuse in software development. The contents and boundaries of packages should therefore be chosen to minimize change propagation and maximize reusability. This suggests the need for a predictive measure of stability at the package level. We observed the rates of change of packages in Linux, a large open-source software system. We compared our empirical observations to a theoretical ?stability metric? proposed by Martin. In this case, we found that Martin?s metric has no predictive value.

Citation:

John Champaign, Andrew Malton, Xinyi Dong, "Stability and Volatility in the Linux Kernel," iwpse, pp.95, Sixth International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE'03), 2003

Peer Review Notice | Give Us Feedback

Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.