Drawing from engineering systems and control theory, we introduce a framework to understand repository stability, which is a repository activity capacity to return to equilibrium following disturbances - such as a sudden influx of bug reports, key contributor departures, or a spike in feature requests. The framework quantifies stability through four indicators: commit patterns, issue resolution, pull request processing, and community engagement, measuring development consistency, problem-solving efficiency, integration effectiveness, and sustainable participation, respectively. These indicators are synthesized into a Composite Stability Index (CSI) that provides a normalized measure of repository health proxied by its stability. Finally, the framework introduces several important theoretical properties that validate its usefulness as a measure of repository health and stability. At a conceptual phase and open to debate, our work establishes mathematical criteria for evaluating repository stability and proposes new ways to understand sustainable development practices. The framework bridges control theory concepts with modern collaborative software development, providing a foundation for future empirical validation.
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16:00 - 17:40 | MSR 2Journal First / Ideas, Visions and Reflections / Research Papers / Demonstrations at Cosmos 3C Chair(s): DongGyun Han Royal Holloway, University of London | ||
16:00 10mTalk | Introducing Repository Stability Ideas, Visions and Reflections Giuseppe Destefanis Brunel University of London, Silvia Bartolucci UCL, Daniel Graziotin University of Hohenheim, Rumyana Neykova Brunel University London, Marco Ortu University of Cagliari Pre-print | ||
16:10 20mTalk | Scientific Open-Source Software Is Less Likely To Become Abandoned Than One Might Think! Lessons from Curating a Catalog of Maintained Scientific Software Research Papers Addi Malviya-Thakur The University of Tennessee, Knoxville / Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Reed Milewicz Sandia National Laboratories, Mahmoud Jahanshahi University of Tennessee, Lavinia Francesca Paganini Eindhoven University of Technology, Bogdan Vasilescu Carnegie Mellon University, Audris Mockus University of Tennessee Link to publication DOI | ||
16:30 20mTalk | Who Will Stop Contributing to OSS Projects? Predicting Company Turnover Based on Initial Behavior Research Papers Mian Qin Beijing Institute of Technology, Yuxia Zhang Beijing Institute of Technology, Klaas-Jan Stol Lero; University College Cork; SINTEF Digital , Hui Liu Beijing Institute of Technology DOI | ||
16:50 20mTalk | An empirical study of token-based micro commits Journal First Masanari Kondo Kyushu University, Daniel M. German University of Victoria, Yasutaka Kamei Kyushu University, Naoyasu Ubayashi Waseda University, Osamu Mizuno Kyoto Institute of Technology | ||
17:10 10mTalk | TS-Detector : Detecting Feature Toggle Usage Patterns Demonstrations Md Tajmilur Rahman Gannon University, Mengzhe Fei University of Saskatchewan; Vendasta, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan | ||
17:20 20mTalk | Impact of Request Formats on Effort Estimation: Are LLMs Different than Humans? Research Papers Gül Calikli University of Glasgow, Mohammed Alhamed Applied Behaviour Systems LTD (Hexis), United Kingdom DOI | ||
Cosmos 3C is the third room in the Cosmos 3 wing.
When facing the main Cosmos Hall, access to the Cosmos 3 wing is on the left, close to the stairs. The area is accessed through a large door with the number “3”, which will stay open during the event.