@inproceedings{2b284f368177461e826ed9c2df18598e,
title = "An explanatory analysis on eclipse beta-release bugs through in-process metrics",
abstract = "Failures after the release of software products are expensive and time-consuming to fix. Each of these failures has different reasons pointing into different portions of code. We conduct a retrospective analysis on bugs reported after beta release of Eclipse versions. Our objective is to investigate what went wrong during the development process. We identify six in-process metrics that have explanatory effects on beta-release bugs. We conduct statistical analyses to check relationships between files and metrics. Our results show that files with beta-release bugs have different characteristics in terms of in-process metrics. Those bugs are specifically concentrated on Eclipse files with little activity: few edits by few committers. We suggest that in-process metrics should be investigated individually to identify beta-release bugs. Companies may benefit from such a retrospective analysis to understand characteristics of failures. Corrective actions can be taken earlier in the process to avoid similar failures in future releases.",
keywords = "beta-release bugs, in-process metrics, retrospective analysis",
author = "{Tosun Misirli}, Ayse and Brendan Murphy and Thomas Zimmermann and {Basar Bener}, Ayse",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1145/2024587.2024595",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781450308519",
series = "WoSQ'11 - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Software Quality",
pages = "26--33",
booktitle = "WoSQ'11 - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Software Quality",
note = "8th International Workshop on Software Quality, WoSQ'11 ; Conference date: 04-09-2011 Through 04-09-2011",
}