Architectural repair of open source software

Authors: J.B. Tran Michael W. Godfrey E.H.S. Lee R.C. Holt

Venue: Proceedings IWPC 2000. 8th International Workshop on Program Comprehension, pp. 48-59, 2000

Year: 2000

Abstract: As a software system evolves, its architecture will drift. System changes are often done without considering their effects on the system structure. These changes often introduce structural anomalies between the concrete (as-built) and the conceptual (as-designed) architecture which can impede program understanding. The problem of architectural drift is especially pronounced in open source systems, where many developers work in isolation on distinct features with little co-ordination. The authors present their experiences with repairing the architectures of two large open source systems (the Linux operating system kernel and the VIM text editor) to aid program understanding. For both systems, we were successful in removing many structural anomalies from their architectures.

BibTeX:

@inproceedings{j.b.tran2000arooss,
    author = "J.B. Tran and Michael W. Godfrey and E.H.S. Lee and R.C. Holt",
    title = "Architectural repair of open source software",
    year = "2000",
    pages = "48-59",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of Proceedings IWPC 2000. 8th International Workshop on Program Comprehension"
}

Plain Text:

J.B. Tran, Michael W. Godfrey, E.H.S. Lee, and R.C. Holt, "Architectural repair of open source software," Proceedings IWPC 2000. 8th International Workshop on Program Comprehension, pp. 48-59