Release Management in Free Software Projects: Practices and Problems

TitleRelease Management in Free Software Projects: Practices and Problems
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsMichlmayr, M, Hunt, F, Probert, D
Secondary TitleOSS2007: Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation (IFIP 2.13)
Volume234/2007
Pagination295 - 300
Date Published2007///
PublisherSpringer
ISSN Number978-0-387-72485-0
Abstract

Release management plays an important role in every software project since it is concerned with the delivery of a high quality product to end-users. This paper explores release practices employed by volunteer free software projects and shows problems that occur. A challenge that has been identified is the difficulty of coordinating a distributed team of volunteers in order to align their work for a release.

DOI10.1007/978-0-387-72486-7_31
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