GitHub Discussions: An exploratory study of early adoption
Thu 12 May 2022 20:00 - 20:05 at ICSE room 4-even hours - Software Ecosystems 2 Chair(s): John-Paul Ore
Thu 26 May 2022 09:15 - 09:20 at Room 304+305 - Papers 11: Release Engineering and DevOps Chair(s): Andy Zaidman
Discussions is a new feature of GitHub for asking questions or discussing topics outside of specific Issues or Pull Requests. Before being available to all projects in December 2020, it had been tested on selected open source software projects. To understand how developers use this novel feature, how they perceive it, and how it impacts the development processes, we conducted a mixed-methods study based on early adopters of GitHub discussions from January until July 2020. We found that: (1) errors, unexpected behavior, and code reviews are prevalent discussion categories; (2) there is a positive relationship between project member involvement and discussion frequency; (3) developers consider GitHub Discussions useful but face the problem of topic duplication between Discussions and Issues; (4) Discussions play a crucial role in advancing the development of projects; and (5) positive sentiment in Discussions is more frequent than in Stack Overflow posts. Our findings are a first step towards data-informed guidance for using GitHub Discussions, opening up avenues for future work on this novel communication channel.
Wed 11 MayDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
03:00 - 04:00 | Software Ecosystems 1Technical Track / Journal-First Papers at ICSE room 2-odd hours Chair(s): Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy | ||
03:00 5mTalk | API-related Developer Information Needs in Stack Overflow Journal-First Papers Mingwei Liu Fudan University, Xin Peng Fudan University, Andrian Marcus University of Texas at Dallas, Shuangshuang Xing Fudan University, Christoph Treude University of Melbourne, Chengyuan Zhao Fudan University Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached | ||
03:05 5mTalk | GitHub Discussions: An exploratory study of early adoption Journal-First Papers Hideaki Hata Shinshu University, Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Sebastian Baltes SAP SE & University of Adelaide, Raula Gaikovina Kula Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Christoph Treude University of Melbourne Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached | ||
03:10 5mTalk | An Exploratory Study of Deep Learning Supply Chain Technical Track Xin Tan Beihang University, China, Kai Gao Peking University, China, Minghui Zhou Peking University, China, Li Zhang Beihang University Pre-print Media Attached | ||
03:15 5mTalk | Demystifying the Vulnerability Propagation and Its Evolution via Dependency Trees in the NPM Ecosystem Technical Track Chengwei Liu Tianjin University and Nanyang Technological University, Sen Chen Tianjin University, Lingling Fan Nankai University, Bihuan Chen Fudan University, China, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Xin Peng Fudan University Pre-print Media Attached | ||