The Linux kernel as a case study in software evolution¶
Israeli, A., & Feitelson, D. G. (2010). The Linux kernel as a case study in software evolution. Journal of Systems and Software.
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- Lehman's law of conservation of familiarity
- a later test on the Linux kernel (Israeli and Feitelson, 2010), covering 810 versions released over 14 years, supported mainly the laws concerned with growth and process stability, but found the kernel growing super-linearly and, on familiarity, small changes between successive development releases alongside large differences between production versions — a partial rather than a clean confirmation
This sourceA test of Lehman's laws on 810 Linux kernel versions released over 14 years, supporting mainly the laws on growth and process stability and reporting super-linear growth. A test of Lehman's laws on 810 Linux kernel versions over 14 years, finding super-linear growth and support mainly for the growth and process-stability laws.
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- a later test on the Linux kernel (Israeli and Feitelson, 2010), covering 810 versions released over 14 years, supported mainly the laws concerned with growth and process stability, but found the kernel growing super-linearly and, on familiarity, small changes between successive development releases alongside large differences between production versions — a partial rather than a clean confirmation
- Lehman's law of continuing change
- This is why Lehman classed OS/360 as an E-type system — one whose operation is interwoven with a real-world context — and made continuing change the first of his eight software-evolution laws, later replicated on open-source systems including the Linux kernel
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- This is why Lehman classed OS/360 as an E-type system — one whose operation is interwoven with a real-world context — and made continuing change the first of his eight software-evolution laws, later replicated on open-source systems including the Linux kernel
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