一句话：实证研究 Linux 内核某子系统采用多提交者模型，发现其能显著降低维护者工作量并总结关键实施因素。
随着软件规模与复杂度增长，传统开发流程可能不再适用，进而危及项目的可持续发展。本文针对 Linux 内核维护者负担过重的问题，研究其某子系统采用的新工作流——多提交者模型（multiple-committer model）。作者设计四个维度的度量指标来评估该模型的效果，并通过实证分析发现该模型能显著减少维护者的工作量。此外，研究还提炼出成功实施该模型的关键因素。该工作为大型开源项目缓解维护者瓶颈、改进协作与治理流程提供了经验证据。
With the increasing scale and complexity of software, the traditional development workflow may be inapplicable, which is harmful to the sustainable development of projects. In this study, we explored a new workflow — multiple-committer model that was applied by a subsystem of the Linux kernel to confront the heavy workload of the maintainers. We designed four dimensions of metrics toevaluate the model effect and found that this model conspicuouslyreduces the workload of the maintainers. We also obtained thecrucial factors for implementing this model.
DOI 原文 ·
@inproceedings{paperbot5174,
title = {Reducing the workload of the Linux kernel maintainers: multiple-committer model},
author = {Xin Tan},
booktitle = {FSE},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1145/3338906.3342490}
}