کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
433476 1441719 2011 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Supporting software evolution in component-based FOSS systems
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی کامپیوتر نظریه محاسباتی و ریاضیات
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Supporting software evolution in component-based FOSS systems
چکیده انگلیسی

FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) systems present interesting challenges in system evolution. On one hand, most FOSS systems are based on very fine-grained units of software deployment–called packages–which promote system evolution; on the other hand, FOSS systems are among the largest software systems known and require sophisticated static and dynamic conditions to be verified, in order to successfully deploy upgrades on users’ machines. The slightest error in one of these conditions can turn a routine upgrade into a system administrator’s nightmare.In this paper we introduce a model-based approach to support the upgrade of FOSS systems. The approach promotes the simulation of upgrades to predict failures before affecting the real system. Both fine-grained static aspects (e.g. configuration incoherences) and dynamic aspects (e.g. the execution of configuration scripts) are taken into account, improving over the state of the art of upgrade planners. The effectiveness of the approach is validated by instantiating the approach to widely-used FOSS distributions.

Research highlights
► We introduce a model-based approach to support the upgrade of FOSS systems.
► We simulate system upgrades to predict possible failures.
► Both fine-grained static aspects and dynamic aspects are taken into account.
► The effectiveness of the approach is validated on widely-used FOSS distributions.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Science of Computer Programming - Volume 76, Issue 12, 1 December 2011, Pages 1144–1160
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