一句话:通过纵向实证研究分析 Cargo 依赖网络演化及其社区活动,考察社会技术一致性对生态健康的影响。
软件包分发会形成由大型贡献者社区维护的依赖网络。本文关注这些包依赖网络中社会技术一致性的演化,及其对生态系统和社区健康的影响。作者对 Cargo 的依赖网络,以及 GitHub 上 Cargo 包仓库中的社会活动(评论)和技术活动(开发)开展纵向实证研究,并报告初步发现。该研究旨在理解社区协作与依赖结构之间的匹配程度如何随时间变化,以及这种一致性是否与生态健康相关。
Software package distributions form large dependency networks maintained by large communities of contributors. My PhD research will consist of analysing the evolution of the socio-technical congruence of these package dependency networks, and studying its impact on the health of the ecosystem and its community. I have started a longitudinal empirical study of Cargo's dependency network and the social (commenting) and technical (development) activities in Cargo's package repositories on GitHub, and present some preliminary findings.