Technical debt is a metaphor introduced by Cunningham to indicate “not quite right code
which we postpone making it right”. One noticeable symptom of technical debt is …

Software developers often include available open-source software packages into their
projects to minimize redundant effort. However, adding a package to a project can also …

Nearly every popular programming language comes with one or more open source software
packaging ecosystem (s), containing a large collection of interdependent software packages …

Many software engineering research papers rely on time-based data (eg, commit
timestamps, issue report creation/update/close dates, release dates). Like most real-world …

Abstract “App stores” are online software stores where end users may browse, purchase,
download, and install software applications. By far, the best known app stores are …

Package-based software ecosystems are composed of thousands of interdependent
software packages. Many empirical studies have focused on software packages belonging …

Context A reproducible build occurs if, given the same source code, build instructions, and
build environment (ie, installed build dependencies), compiling a software project …

Large software compilations based on free, open source software (FOSS) packages are the
basis for many software systems. When they are deployed in production, specific versions of …

Container-based solutions, such as Docker, have become increasingly relevant in the
software industry to facilitate deploying and maintaining software systems. Little is known …

The usage of empirical methods has grown common in software engineering. This trend
spawned hundreds of publications, whose results are hel** to understand and improve …