A systematic process for Mining Software Repositories: Results from a systematic literature review

M Vidoni - Information and Software Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Context: Mining Software Repositories (MSR) is a growing area of Software
Engineering (SE) research. Since their emergence in 2004, many investigations have …

“We Feel Like We're Winging It:” A Study on Navigating Open-Source Dependency Abandonment

C Miller, C Kästner, B Vasilescu - Proceedings of the 31st ACM Joint …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
While lots of research has explored how to prevent maintainers from abandoning the open-
source projects that serve as our digital infras-tructure, there are very few insights on …

Towards a change taxonomy for machine learning pipelines: Empirical study of ML pipelines and forks related to academic publications

A Bhatia, EE Eghan, M Grichi, WG Cavanagh… - Empirical Software …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Machine Learning (ML) academic publications commonly provide open-source
implementations on GitHub, allowing their audience to replicate, validate, or even extend the …

[PDF][PDF] What the fork? finding and analyzing malware in github forks

A Cao, B Dolan-Gavitt - Proc. of NDSS, 2022 - ndss-symposium.org
On GitHub, open-source developers use the fork feature to create server-side clones and
implement code changes separately before creating pull requests. However, such fork …

Looking for related posts on GitHub discussions

M Lima, I Steinmacher, D Ford, E Liu… - PeerJ Computer …, 2023 - peerj.com
Software teams increasingly adopt different tools and communication channels to aid the
software collaborative development model and coordinate tasks. Among such resources …

Unveiling the Potential of a Conversational Agent in Developer Support: Insights from Mozilla's PDF. js Project

J Correia, MC Nicholson, D Coutinho… - Proceedings of the 1st …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Large language models and other foundation models (FMs) boost productivity by
automating code generation, supporting bug fixes, and generating documentation. We …

On the application of machine learning models to assess and predict software reusability

MYH Yeow, CY Chong, MK Lim - … of the 6th International Workshop on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Software reuse has proven to be an effective strategy for developers to significantly increase
software quality, reduce costs and increase the effectiveness of software development …

Understanding the low inter-rater agreement on aggressiveness on the Linux Kernel Mailing List

T Bock, N Schneider, A Schmid, S Apel… - Journal of Systems and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Communication among software developers plays an essential role in open-source software
(OSS) projects. Not unexpectedly, previous studies have shown that the conversational tone …

Insights into software development approaches: mining Q &A repositories

AA Khan, JA Khan, MA Akbar, P Zhou… - Empirical Software …, 2024 - Springer
Context Software practitioners adopt approaches like DevOps, Scrum, and Waterfall for high-
quality software development. However, limited research has been conducted on exploring …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring trends and practices of forks in open-source software repositories.

M Hadian, S Brisson, B Adams, S Ghari, E Noei… - CASCON, 2022 - enoei.github.io
Forking a software repository is a popular and recommended practice among developers. A
fork is a copy of the original repository that can evolve independently from the parent …