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Poster: Communication in Open-Source Projects–End of the E-mail Era?


Abstract:

Communication is essential in software engineering. Especially in distributed open-source teams, communication needs to be supported by channels including mailing lists, ...Show More

Abstract:

Communication is essential in software engineering. Especially in distributed open-source teams, communication needs to be supported by channels including mailing lists, forums, issue trackers, and chat systems. Yet, we do not have a clear understanding of which communication channels stakeholders in open-source projects use. In this study, we fill the knowledge gap by investigating a statistically representative sample of 400 GitHub projects. We discover the used communication channels by regular expressions on project data. We show that (1) half of the GitHub projects use observable communication channels; (2) GitHub Issues, e-mail addresses, and the modern chat system Gitter are the most common channels; (3) mailing lists are only in place five and have a lower market share than all modern chat systems combined.
Date of Conference: 27 May 2018 - 03 June 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 30 August 2018
ISBN Information:
Electronic ISSN: 2574-1934
Conference Location: Gothenburg, Sweden

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