STUDENT PAPER:On Reliability Analysis of Open Source Software - FEDORA
Prasanth Anbalagan, Mladen Alan Vouk · 2008
Reliability analyses of software systems often focus only on the number of faults reported against the software. Using a broader set of metrics, such as problem resolution times and field software usage levels, can provide a more compre-hensive view of the product. Some of these metrics are more readily available for open source products. We analyzed a suite of FEDORA releases and obtained some interest-ing findings. For example, we show that traditional relia-bility models may be used to predict problem rates across releases. We also show that security related reports tend to have a different profile than non-security related problem reporting and repair.