What Make Long Term Contributors:Willingness and Opportunity in OSS Community.
Saved in:
| Title: | What Make Long Term Contributors:Willingness and Opportunity in OSS Community. |
|---|---|
| Authors: | Minghui Zhou1 zhmh@pku.edu.cn, Mockus, Audris2 audris@avaya.com |
| Source: | ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering. Feb2012, p518-528. 11p. |
| Subjects: | Execution traces (Computer program testing), Computer software testing, Mozilla Firefox (Computer software), Computer software, Open source software |
| Abstract: | To survive and succeed, software projects need to attract and retain contributors. We model the individual's chances to become a valuable contributor through her capacity, willingness, and the opportunity to contribute at the time of joining. Using issue tracking data of Mozilla and Gnome, we find that the probability for a new joiner to become a Long Term Contributor (LTC) is associated with her willingness and environment. Specifically, during their first month, future LTCs tend to be more active and show more community-oriented attitude than other joiners. Joiners who start by commenting on instead of reporting an issue or ones who succeed to get at least one reported issue to be fixed, more than double their odds of becoming an LTC. The micro-climate with a productive and clustered peer group increases the odds. On the contrary, the macro-climate with high project popularity and the micro-climate with low attention from peers reduce the odds. This implies that the interaction between individual's attitude and project's climate are associated with the odds that an individual would become a valuable contributor or disengage from the project. Our findings may provide a basis for empirical approaches to design a better community architecture and to improve the experience of contributors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Copyright of ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering is the property of Association for Computing Machinery and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) | |
| Database: | Engineering Source |
| FullText | Links: – Type: pdflink Text: Availability: 0 |
|---|---|
| Header | DbId: egs DbLabel: Engineering Source An: 78198115 AccessLevel: 6 PubType: Conference PubTypeId: conference PreciseRelevancyScore: 0 |
| IllustrationInfo | |
| Items | – Name: Title Label: Title Group: Ti Data: What Make Long Term Contributors:Willingness and Opportunity in OSS Community. – Name: Author Label: Authors Group: Au Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Minghui+Zhou%22">Minghui Zhou</searchLink><relatesTo>1</relatesTo><i> zhmh@pku.edu.cn</i><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Mockus%2C+Audris%22">Mockus, Audris</searchLink><relatesTo>2</relatesTo><i> audris@avaya.com</i> – Name: TitleSource Label: Source Group: Src Data: <searchLink fieldCode="JN" term="%22ICSE%3A+International+Conference+on+Software+Engineering%22">ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering</searchLink>. Feb2012, p518-528. 11p. – Name: Subject Label: Subjects Group: Su Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Execution+traces+%28Computer+program+testing%29%22">Execution traces (Computer program testing)</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Computer+software+testing%22">Computer software testing</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Mozilla+Firefox+%28Computer+software%29%22">Mozilla Firefox (Computer software)</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Computer+software%22">Computer software</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Open+source+software%22">Open source software</searchLink> – Name: Abstract Label: Abstract Group: Ab Data: To survive and succeed, software projects need to attract and retain contributors. We model the individual's chances to become a valuable contributor through her capacity, willingness, and the opportunity to contribute at the time of joining. Using issue tracking data of Mozilla and Gnome, we find that the probability for a new joiner to become a Long Term Contributor (LTC) is associated with her willingness and environment. Specifically, during their first month, future LTCs tend to be more active and show more community-oriented attitude than other joiners. Joiners who start by commenting on instead of reporting an issue or ones who succeed to get at least one reported issue to be fixed, more than double their odds of becoming an LTC. The micro-climate with a productive and clustered peer group increases the odds. On the contrary, the macro-climate with high project popularity and the micro-climate with low attention from peers reduce the odds. This implies that the interaction between individual's attitude and project's climate are associated with the odds that an individual would become a valuable contributor or disengage from the project. Our findings may provide a basis for empirical approaches to design a better community architecture and to improve the experience of contributors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] – Name: AbstractSuppliedCopyright Label: Group: Ab Data: <i>Copyright of ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering is the property of Association for Computing Machinery and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.</i> (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
| PLink | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=egs&AN=78198115 |
| RecordInfo | BibRecord: BibEntity: Languages: – Code: eng Text: English PhysicalDescription: Pagination: PageCount: 11 StartPage: 518 Subjects: – SubjectFull: Execution traces (Computer program testing) Type: general – SubjectFull: Computer software testing Type: general – SubjectFull: Mozilla Firefox (Computer software) Type: general – SubjectFull: Computer software Type: general – SubjectFull: Open source software Type: general Titles: – TitleFull: What Make Long Term Contributors:Willingness and Opportunity in OSS Community. Type: main BibRelationships: HasContributorRelationships: – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Minghui Zhou – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Mockus, Audris IsPartOfRelationships: – BibEntity: Dates: – D: 01 M: 02 Text: Feb2012 Type: published Y: 2012 Titles: – TitleFull: ICSE: International Conference on Software Engineering Type: main |
| ResultId | 1 |
