@conference {1317, title = {Describing the Software Forge Ecosystem}, booktitle = {45th Hawai{\textquoteright}i International Conference on System Sciences}, year = {2012}, note = {http://flossmole.org/content/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-software-forges-code-forges-june-2011}, month = {01/2012}, pages = {3416-3425}, abstract = {Code forges are online software systems that are designed to support teams doing software development work. There have been few if any attempts in the research literature to describe the web of people, projects, and tools that make up the free, libre, and open source (FLOSS) forge ecosystem. The main contributions of this paper are (1) to introduce a classification of FLOSS-oriented forges according to their characteristics; (2) to describe the forge-level and project-level data and artifacts currently available at each FLOSS forge; (3) to show various patterns already discovered in the FLOSS forge ecosystem, such as timelines of creation or arrangements by size or feature; (4) to make some recommendations to forge providers and data collectors about how to expose the structure and information in the forges; and (5) to describe the effort needed to extend our publicly- available information about the FLOSS forge ecosystem into the future.}, keywords = {features, FLOSS, forge, hosting, metrics}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/SquireWilliamsHICSS2012.pdf}, author = {Squire, Megan and Williams, David} } @conference {625, title = {Innovation in Open Source Software Development: A Tale of Two Features}, booktitle = {OSS2007: Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation (IFIP 2.13)}, series = {IFIP International Federation for Information Processing }, volume = {234/2007}, year = {2007}, note = {"archives of project discussion forums were then examined to determine when the feature was first proposed, how it was debated, and when it was ultimately adopted"}, month = {2007///}, pages = {109 - 120}, publisher = {Springer}, organization = {Springer}, chapter = {9}, abstract = {Open Source Software Development appears to depart radically from conventional notions of software engineering. In particular, requirements for Open Source projects seem to be asserted rather than elicited. This paper examines two features of selected open source products: {\textquotedblleft}tabbed browsing{\textquotedblright} as realized in the Firefox web browser, and {\textquotedblleft}edge magnetism{\textquotedblright} found in the Gnome desktop environment{\textquoteright}s Metacity window manager. Using archives of mailing lists and issue tracking databases, these features were traced from first mention to release, in attempt to discover the process by which requirements are proposed, adopted, and implemented in their respective Open Source projects. The results confirm the importance of user participation in Open Source projects. }, keywords = {email, email archives, features, Firefox, gnome, mailing list, metacity, mozilla}, issn = {978-0-387-72485-0}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_9}, attachments = {https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Innovation\%20in\%20OSS.pdf}, author = {Noll, John} }