When GitHub meets CRAN: An Analysis of Inter-Repository Package Dependency Problems

Decan, Alexandre; Mens, Tom; Claes, Maelick; Grosjean, Philippe

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When GitHub meets CRAN: An Analysis of Inter-Repository Package Dependency Problems

Decan, Alexandre; Mens, Tom; Claes, Maelick et al.

2016

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Keywords :

[en] software ecosystem; [en] software repository mining; [en] package dependency management; [en] software distribution; [en] software evolution

Abstract :

[en] When developing software packages in a software ecosystem, an important and well-known challenge is how to deal with dependencies to other packages. In presence of multiple package repositories, dependency management tends to become even more problematic. For the R ecosystem of statistical computing, dependency management is currently insufficient to deal with multiple package versions and inter- repository package dependencies. We explore how the use of GitHub influences the R ecosystem, both for the distribution of R packages and for inter-repository package dependency management. We also discuss how these problems could be addressed.

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Computer science
Electrical & electronics engineering

Author, co-author :

Decan, Alexandre ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Réseaux et Télécommunications

Mens, Tom ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Claes, Maelick ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Génie Logiciel

Grosjean, Philippe ; Université de Mons > Faculté des Sciences > Service d'Ecologie numérique

Language :

English

Title :

When GitHub meets CRAN: An Analysis of Inter-Repository Package Dependency Problems

Publication date :

14 March 2016

Event name :

IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering

Event place :

Osaka, Japan

Event date :

2016

Research unit :

S807 - Ecologie numérique
S852 - Génie Logiciel

Research institute :

R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes

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