When submitting a patch, the primary concerns of individual developers are “How can I
maximize the chances of my patch being approved, and minimize the time it takes for this to …

When submitting patches for code review, individual developers are primarily interested in
maximizing the chances of their patch being accepted in the least time possible. In principle …

Code review is an essential element of any mature software development project; it aims at
evaluating code contributions submitted by developers. In principle, code review should …

Code review is a common software engineering practice employed both in open source and
industrial contexts. Review today is less formal and more “lightweight” than the code …

Software developers submit patches to handle tens or even hundreds of bugs reported daily.
However, not all submitted patches can be directly integrated into the code base, since they …

Code review is advocated as one of the best practices to improve software quality and
reduce the likelihood of introducing defects during code change activities. Recent research …

Code review is the process of having other team members examine changes to a software
system in order to evaluate its technical content and quality. A lightweight variant of this …

In spite of the overwhelming success of free/open source software (F/OSS) like Apache and
GNU/Linux, there is a limited understanding of the processes and methodologies that …

The goal of the code review process is to assess the quality of source code modifications
(submitted as patches) before they are committed to a project's version control repository …

Because of its many uses and benefits, code reviews are a standard part of the modern
software engineering workflow. Since they require involvement of people, code reviewing is …