The role of patch review in software evolution: An analysis of the mozilla firefox

International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-17

  Nurolahzade, Mehrdad ^a   Nasehi, Seyed Mehdi ^a   Khandkar, Shahedul Huq ^a   Rawal, Shreya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC MECHANISM; COMMUNITY SUPPORT; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; FIREFOX; MOZILLA; REVIEW PROCESS; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; SUPPORTING ROLE;

MACHINE DESIGN; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70450257931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1595808.1595813     Document Type: Conference Paper

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