Exploring turnover, retention and growth in an OSS Ecosystem
Tien Rahayu Tulili, Ayushi Rastogi, Andrea Capiluppi · 2025
The Gentoo ecosystem has evolved significantly over 23 years, highlighting the critical impact of developer sentiment on workforce dynamics such as turnover, retention, and growth. While prior research has explored sentiment at the project level, sentiment-driven dynamics at the component level remain underexplored, particularly in their implications for software stability.