Not all bug reopens are negative : A case study on eclipse bug reports
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Author(s)
Related Research Unit(s)
Detail(s)
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 93-97 |
| Journal / Publication | Information and Software Technology |
| Volume | 99 |
| Online published | 6 Mar 2018 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2018 |
Link(s)
Abstract
Context: We observed a special type of bug reopen that has no direct impact on the user experience or the normal operation of the system being developed. We refer to these as non-negative bug reopens.
Objective: Non-negative bug reopens are novel and somewhat contradictory to popular conceptions. Therefore, we thoroughly explored these phenomena in this study.
Method: We begin with a novel approach that preliminarily characterizes non-negative bug reopens. Based on bug reports extracted from Eclipse Bugzilla, we then examined a case study to compare non-negative and regular bug reopens using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.
Results: The results show that non-negative bug reopens are statistically significantly different than regular bug reopens, based on their survival times and the number of developers involved in the entire debugging process.
Conclusion: Taking into account the significant differences, we suggest that the effects of non-negative bug reopens should be considered in future research in related areas, such as bug triage and reopened bug prediction.
Objective: Non-negative bug reopens are novel and somewhat contradictory to popular conceptions. Therefore, we thoroughly explored these phenomena in this study.
Method: We begin with a novel approach that preliminarily characterizes non-negative bug reopens. Based on bug reports extracted from Eclipse Bugzilla, we then examined a case study to compare non-negative and regular bug reopens using the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test.
Results: The results show that non-negative bug reopens are statistically significantly different than regular bug reopens, based on their survival times and the number of developers involved in the entire debugging process.
Conclusion: Taking into account the significant differences, we suggest that the effects of non-negative bug reopens should be considered in future research in related areas, such as bug triage and reopened bug prediction.
Research Area(s)
- Bug report, Data quality, Empirical software engineering, Non-negative bug reopen, Open source software, Reopen cycle
Citation Format(s)
Not all bug reopens are negative: A case study on eclipse bug reports. / Mi, Qing; Keung, Jacky; Huo, Yuqi et al.
In: Information and Software Technology, Vol. 99, 07.2018, p. 93-97.
In: Information and Software Technology, Vol. 99, 07.2018, p. 93-97.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
