Does the release cycle of a library project influence when it is adopted by a client project?

Abstract

A key goal of this research is to understand the relationship between adoption of software library versions and its release cycle. In detail, we conducted an empirical study of the release cycle of 23 libraries and how they were adopted by 415 Apache Software Foundation (ASF) client projects. Our preliminary findings show that software projects are quicker to update earlier rapid-release libraries compared to library projects with a longer release cycle.