Committer Assessment Practice in Blockchain Project: A Systematic Literature Review

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-25 DOI:10.32890/jict2023.22.4.6

Dr. Alawiyah Abd Wahab, Huda H. Ibrahim, Shehu SarkinTudu

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Abstract

As Blockchain projects gain popularity among developers, the number of patched codes rapidly increases. With such growth, it is difficult for the few committers to maintain it in a timely manner. Subsequently, the community is always in search of new committers. This highlights the imperative importance of committer assessment decisions towards the success of Blockchain. However, the practices come with risks whereby new committers may harm the project. For example, a new committer may initiate a hard fork that splits a project. Numerous systematic literature reviews have investigated developer turnover’s impact on open-source software (OSS) projects. These studies mainly focused on aspects such as community participation, engagement, and motivation. However, previous reviews often overlooked committer assessment practices, particularly in the context of Blockchain projects. Although Blockchain operates as OSS, its distinct attributes, such as decentralisation and cryptography, justify the need for a dedicated review. Therefore, the objectives of this review are to 1) identify committer assessment practices, 2) identify problems in committer assessment, 3) identify existing factors in committer assessment, and 4) suggest some possible research topics. These goals were achieved through a systematic review of literature published between 2010 and 2022. The findings suggest that previous assessment models are usefulbut mainly focus on technical factors. The results also indicate that studies focusing on behavioural tendencies, which influence human activities, have so far been neglected. Finally, the paper concludes by charting potential open research opportunities.

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区块链项目中的提交者评估实践:系统的文献综述

随着区块链项目在开发人员中越来越受欢迎，补丁代码的数量迅速增加。有了这样的增长，少数的提交者很难及时地维护它。随后，社区总是在寻找新的提交者。这突出了提交者评估决策对b区块链成功的绝对重要性。然而，这些实践伴随着风险，新提交者可能会损害项目。例如，一个新的提交者可能会发起一个硬分叉来分割一个项目。许多系统的文献综述调查了开发人员更替对开源软件(OSS)项目的影响。这些研究主要集中在社区参与、参与和动机等方面。然而，以前的审查经常忽略提交者评估实践，特别是在b区块链项目的环境中。尽管区块链作为OSS运行，但其独特的属性，如去中心化和密码学，证明需要专门的审查。因此，本文的目标是:1)识别提交者评估实践;2)识别提交者评估中存在的问题;3)识别提交者评估中存在的因素;4)提出一些可能的研究课题。这些目标是通过对2010年至2022年间发表的文献进行系统回顾而实现的。研究结果表明，以前的评估模型是有用的，但主要侧重于技术因素。研究结果还表明，迄今为止，关注影响人类活动的行为倾向的研究一直被忽视。最后，本文通过绘制潜在的开放研究机会进行总结。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.