Why and how should open source projects adopt time-based releases?

IEEE Software

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 55-63

  Michlmayr, Martin ^a   Fitzgerald, Brian ^b   Stol, Klaas Jan ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Limerick   (Ireland)

Author keywords

open source projects; open source software; release management; release strategies; software development; software engineering; time based releases

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; RELEASE MANAGEMENT; RELEASE PLANNING; RELEASE STRATEGIES; TIME BASED;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 84925130665     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.2015.55     Document Type: Article

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