Alexandre Decan

On the impact of pull request decisions on future contributions

2018 · arXiv (Cornell University)

The pull-based development process has become prevalent on platforms such as GitHub as a form of distributed software development. Potential contributors can create and submit a set of changes to a software project through pull …

On the Evolution of Technical Lag in the npm Package Dependency Network

2018

Software packages developed and distributed through package managers extensively depend on other packages. These dependencies are regularly updated, for example to add new features, resolve bugs or fix security issues. In order to take full …

On the Usage of Badges in Open Source Packages on GitHub.

2019 · ORBi UMONS

Continuously attracting contributors is key to the health of open source software projects. The appearance of badges in online collaborative development platforms affords maintainers the opportunity to advertise the quality of their project to potential …