Paper Info
Title
Wait for it: determinants of pull request evaluation latency on GitHub
Abstract
The pull-based development model, enabled by git and popularised by collaborative coding platforms like BitBucket, Gitorius, and GitHub, is widely used in distributed software teams. While this model lowers the barrier to entry for potential contributors (since anyone can submit pull requests to any repository), it also increases the burden on integrators (i.e., members of a project's core team, responsible for evaluating the proposed changes and integrating them into the main development line), who struggle to keep up with the volume of incoming pull requests. In this paper we report on a quantitative study that tries to resolve which factors affect pull request evaluation latency in GitHub. Using regression modeling on data extracted from a sample of GitHub projects using the Travis-CI continuous integration service, we find that latency is a complex issue, requiring many independent variables to explain adequately.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/MSR.2015.42
MSR
Keywords
Field
DocType
pull-request evaluation latency,GitHub,pull-based development model,collaborative coding platforms,BitBucket,Gitorius,GitHub,distributed software teams,project core team,main development line,incoming pull requests,quantitative study,regression modeling,Travis-CI continuous integration service
Data mining,Computer science,Latency (engineering),Coding (social sciences),Systems development life cycle,Bit bucket,Software construction,Software verification and validation,Software quality,Operating system,Process mining
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
2
2160-1852
978-0-7695-5594-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
39
1.22
25
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yue Yu121929.56
Wang Huaimin21025121.31
Vladimir Filkov3150375.32
Premkumar Devanbu44956357.68
Bogdan Vasilescu593548.75