Evolution of Volunteer Participation in Libre Software Projects: Evidence from Debian
Evolution of Volunteer Participation in Libre Software Projects: Evidence from Debian
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志愿者参与 Libre 软件项目的演变：来自 Debian 的证据
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2005
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Martin Michlmayr
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作者：
G. Robles;Jesus M. Gonzalez;Juan Carlos;Martin Michlmayr
大多数自由软件项目都依赖于志愿者的工作。因此，无论从技术还是经济角度来说，吸引贡献时间和技术技能的人都至关重要。这种对志愿者的依赖导致了一些基本的管理挑战：志愿者的贡献本质上难以预测、计划和管理，特别是在大型项目的情况下。在本文中，我们分析了主要由志愿者组成的最大、最复杂的自由软件项目之一 Debian 项目的人力资源随时间的演变。 Debian 目前有大约 1300 名志愿者从事多项任务：许多活动集中在打包软件应用程序和库，但也有与维持开发所需的基础设施维护相关的主要工作。我们对近七年来的数据进行了定量调查，研究志愿者的参与如何影响项目和开发者社区本身发布的软件。
Most libre software projects rely on the work of volunteers. Therefore, attracting people who contribute their time and technical skills is of paramount importance, both in technical and economic terms. This reliance on volunteers leads to some fundamental management challenges: volunteer contributions are inherently difficult to predict, plan and manage, especially in the case of large projects. In this paper we analyze the evolution in time of the human resources of one of the largest and most complex libre software projects composed primarily of volunteers, the Debian project. Debian currently has around 1300 volunteers working on several tasks: much activity is focused on packaging software applications and libraries, but there is also major work related to the maintenance of the infrastructure needed to sustain the development. We have performed a quantitative investigation of data from almost seven years, studying how volunteer involvement has affected the software released by the project and the developer community itself.