Re: Verification of bug fixes

Emilian Bold <[email protected]> Sun, 6 Oct 2013 21:08:27 +0300
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Also see the work of Marcelo Serrano Zanetti which also did an analysis =
of the issues last year: =
http://www.sg.ethz.ch/media/publication_files/seipicse2013.pdf He might =
even help you with some of the questions from an outsider's pow.

We also had some similar analysis done a few years before but I don't =
have links saved.

Please provide a link to your paper when you are finished.

--emi

On Oct 1, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Rodrigo Rocha Gomes e Souza wrote:

> Hi,
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> I'm a PhD student at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. As part =
of my research, I'm analyzing NetBeans Platform bug reports to try to =
understand how software verification/testing can be made more effective.
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> However, it's hard to reach meaningful conclusions only looking at bug =
reports; I need some feedback from the community to understand what =
happens behind the scenes. For example:
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> * when someone marks a bug as VERIFIED, does it mean that the bug fix =
was manually tested? Or that the source code was reviewed? Or it =
depends?
> * do you use automated tests? If so, when are they run?
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> I really appreciate any information you can provide to help me =
understand the verification process in NetBeans Platform.
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> Best regards,
> Rodrigo


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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Also =
see the work of&nbsp;Marcelo Serrano Zanetti which also did an analysis =
of the issues last year:&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"http://www.sg.ethz.ch/media/publication_files/seipicse2013.pdf">ht=
tp://www.sg.ethz.ch/media/publication_files/seipicse2013.pdf</a>&nbsp;He =
might even help you with some of the questions from an outsider's =
pow.<div><br></div><div>We also had some similar analysis done&nbsp;a =
few years before but I don't have links =
saved.</div><div><br></div><div>Please provide a link to your paper when =
you are =
finished.</div><div><div><br></div><div>--emi</div><div><br><div><div>On =
Oct 1, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Rodrigo Rocha Gomes e Souza wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I'm a PhD student at the Federal =
University of Bahia, Brazil. As part of my research, I'm analyzing =
NetBeans Platform bug reports to try to understand how software =
verification/testing can be made more effective.</div>

<div><br></div><div>However, it's hard to reach meaningful conclusions =
only looking at bug reports; I need some feedback from the community to =
understand what happens behind the scenes. For =
example:</div><div><br></div>

<div>* when someone marks a bug as VERIFIED, does it mean that the bug =
fix was manually tested? Or that the source code was reviewed? Or it =
depends?</div><div>* do you use automated tests? If so, when are they =
run?</div>
<div>
<br></div><div>I really appreciate any information you can provide to =
help me understand the verification process in NetBeans =
Platform.</div><div><br></div><div>Best =
regards,</div><div>Rodrigo</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>=

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