@inproceedings{06bd5881b24846a4a87850c063757c8c,
title = "Release early, release often and release on time. An empirical case study of release management",
abstract = "The dictum of “Release early, release often.” by Eric Raymond as the Linux modus operandi highlights the importance of release management in open source software development. Nevertheless, there are very few empirical studies addressing release management in open source software development. It is already known that most open source software communities adopt either feature-based or time-based release strategies. Each of these has its advantages and disadvantages that are context-specific. Recent research reported that many prominent open source software projects have moved from feature-based to time-based releases. In this longitudinal case study, we narrate how OpenStack shifted towards a liberal six-month release cycle. If prior research discussed why projects should adopt time-based releases and how they can adopt such a strategy, we discuss how OpenStack adapted its software development processes, its organizational design and its tools toward a hybrid release management strategy — a strive for balancing the benefits and drawbacks of feature-based and time-based release strategies.",
keywords = "FLOSS, Open-Source, Open-Stack, OSS, Release management",
author = "Jose Teixeira",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017.; 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2017 ; Conference date: 22-05-2017 Through 23-05-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-57735-7\_16",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319577340",
series = "IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology",
publisher = "Springer New York LLC",
pages = "167--181",
editor = "Federico Balaguer and Alejandra Garrido and Gregorio Robles and Stefano Zacchiroli and \{Di Cosmo\}, Roberto and Fabio Kon",
booktitle = "Open Source Systems",
}