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PorchLight: a tag-based approach to bug triaging

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André van der HoekAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '13: Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering

Pages 342 - 351

Published: 18 May 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Bug triaging is an important activity in any software development project. It involves developers working through the set of unassigned bugs, determining for each of the bugs whether it represents a new issue that should receive attention, and, if so, assigning it to a developer and a milestone. Current tools provide only minimal support for bug triaging and especially break down when developers must triage a large number of bug reports, since those reports can only be viewed one-by-one. This paper presents PorchLight, a novel tool that uses tags, attached to individual bug reports by queries expressed in a specialized bug query language, to organize bug reports into sets so developers can explore, work with, and ultimately assign bugs effectively in meaningful groups. We describe the challenges in supporting bug triaging, the design decisions upon which PorchLight rests, and the technical aspects of the implementation. We conclude with an early evaluation that involved six professional developers who assessed PorchLight and its potential for their day-to-day triaging duties.

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PorchLight: a tag-based approach to bug triaging
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
    2. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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ICSE '13: Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering

May 2013

1561 pages

ISBN:9781467330763

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David Notkin,
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Betty H. C. Cheng,
Klaus Pohl

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Published: 18 May 2013

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