Bug Triage

General Overview

Open source software projects typically have a bug repository that allows both developers and users to post problems encountered with the software, suggest possible enhancements, and comment upon existing bug reports. Popular open source projects receive lots of bug reports.

Since more bugs are reported than can be easily handled, each bug must be triaged to determine if it describes a meaningful new problem or enhancement, and if it does, it must be assigned to an appropriate developer for further handling.

We are investigating approaches to help automate two parts of the bug triage process:

• Bug Report Assignment
• Duplicate Detection

Our work as been published at a number of venues. See our publications listing below.

• Publications

Bug Report Assignment

Overview

As a means of reducing the time spent triaging and improving the triage process, we are developing and validating a machine-learning approach for semi-automating one part of the process: the assignment of a developer to a newly received report.

In the near future, we plan to have the tool available to help

For more information about this subproject, contact John Anvik

Duplicate Detection

Overview

to be written - Lyndon

Gail - In general, order publications by most recent first.

Publications

• Coping with Bug Repositories, eTx Workshop at OOPSLA 2005.
• Who Should Fix This Bug?, ICSE 2006.