What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers?: A Case of Bug Finding Research

Yutaro Kashiwa; Akinori Ihara; Masao Ohira

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_5

What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? A Case of Bug Finding Research

Yutaro Kashiwa, Akinori Ihara, Masao Ohira

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Abstract

In recent years, many researchers in the SE community have been devoting considerable efforts to provide FLOSS developers with a means to quickly find and fix various kinds of bugs in FLOSS products such as security and performance bugs. However, it is not exactly sure how FLOSS developers think about bugs to be removed preferentially. Without a full understanding of FLOSS developers’ perceptions of bug finding and fixing, researchers’ efforts might remain far away from FLOSS developers’ needs. In this study, we interview 322 notable GitHub developers about high impact bugs to understand FLOSS developers’ needs for bug finding and fixing, and we manually inspect and classify developers’ answers (bugs) by symptoms and root causes of bugs. As a result, we show that security and breakage bugs are highly crucial for FLOSS developers. We also identify what kinds of high impact bugs should be studied newly by the SE community to help FLOSS developers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Francis Bordeleau, Alberto Sillitti, Paulo Meirelles, Valentina Lenarduzzi
Publisher	Springer New York LLC
Pages	44-57
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783030208820
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_5
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	15th International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2019 - Montreal, Canada Duration: May 26 2019 → May 27 2019

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	556
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)	1868-422X

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2019
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	5/26/19 → 5/27/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Information Systems
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems and Management

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_5

Cite this

Kashiwa, Y., Ihara, A., & Ohira, M. (2019). What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? A Case of Bug Finding Research. In F. Bordeleau, A. Sillitti, P. Meirelles, & V. Lenarduzzi (Eds.), Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2019, Proceedings (pp. 44-57). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 556). Springer New York LLC. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_5

What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? A Case of Bug Finding Research. / Kashiwa, Yutaro; Ihara, Akinori; Ohira, Masao.
Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Francis Bordeleau; Alberto Sillitti; Paulo Meirelles; Valentina Lenarduzzi. Springer New York LLC, 2019. p. 44-57 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 556).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kashiwa, Y, Ihara, A & Ohira, M 2019, What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? A Case of Bug Finding Research. in F Bordeleau, A Sillitti, P Meirelles & V Lenarduzzi (eds), Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2019, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 556, Springer New York LLC, pp. 44-57, 15th International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2019, Montreal, Canada, 5/26/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_5

Kashiwa Y, Ihara A, Ohira M. What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? A Case of Bug Finding Research. In Bordeleau F, Sillitti A, Meirelles P, Lenarduzzi V, editors, Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2019, Proceedings. Springer New York LLC. 2019. p. 44-57. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-20883-7_5

Kashiwa, Yutaro ; Ihara, Akinori ; Ohira, Masao. / What Are the Perception Gaps Between FLOSS Developers and SE Researchers? A Case of Bug Finding Research. Open Source Systems - 15th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2019, Proceedings. editor / Francis Bordeleau ; Alberto Sillitti ; Paulo Meirelles ; Valentina Lenarduzzi. Springer New York LLC, 2019. pp. 44-57 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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