Matching Skills, Past Collaboration, and Limited Competition: Modeling When Open-Source Projects Attract Contributors
Attracting and retaining new developers is often at the heart of open-source project
sustainability and success. Previous research found many intrinsic (or endogenous) project …
sustainability and success. Previous research found many intrinsic (or endogenous) project …
Do CONTRIBUTING Files Provide Information about OSS Newcomers' Onboarding Barriers?
Effectively onboarding newcomers is essential for the success of open source projects.
These projects often provide onboarding guidelines in their'CONTRIBUTING'files (eg …
These projects often provide onboarding guidelines in their'CONTRIBUTING'files (eg …
The Schulze method of voting
M Schulze - ar** Study of the Onboarding Process in Software Development Organizations
SP Perpétua, SL Vieira, CS Portela… - Proceedings of the XXII …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The onboarding process refers to the organizational integration or socialization of new
employees to the company and their role. This includes training, orientation, support, and …
employees to the company and their role. This includes training, orientation, support, and …
Trusting code in the wild: Exploring contributor reputation measures to review dependencies in the Rust ecosystem
Developers rely on open-source packages and must review dependencies to safeguard
against vulnerable or malicious upstream code. A careful review of all dependencies …
against vulnerable or malicious upstream code. A careful review of all dependencies …
From First Patch to Long-Term Contributor: Evaluating Onboarding Recommendations for OSS Newcomers
Attracting and retaining a steady stream of new contributors is crucial to ensuring the long-
term survival of open-source software (OSS) projects. However, there are two key research …
term survival of open-source software (OSS) projects. However, there are two key research …