Welcome to a new chapter of the metric of the month. This time, we want to recap three metrics we discussed and put them together to understand how active a project is regarding Contributors’ Behavior.
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Metrics to assess risk in open source libraries are becoming more important. We need these tools and techniques to evaluate and mitigate the potential risks associated with using third-party open source software libraries in our own software applications. So, this blog post describes seven important metrics to evaluate this risk from an open source community perspective.
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Want to identify all contributors who helped with the source code of an open source project but find yourself limited by what is officially captured in the git-log? Maybe your project, like the Linux Kernel, keeps track of who helped with patches by adding their name to the commit message, but tools don’t usually understand how to analyze this properly.
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Join us in Brussels, February 3-6, for CHAOSScon and FOSDEM with lots of Belgian waffles and beers.
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Each community is different and therefore requires other metrics for data-driven decisions about building and supporting it. In this blog post, we review this and share a summary of a 3 chapter series brought together by our friends at opensource.com. Take a look at this reading about Open Source Communities Metrics.
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Bitergia continues this month with some events around Open Source, and in this blog post we’re summarizing our participation in different events around the world, like All Things Open in the USA, OSPOlogy in Sweden, and EclipseCon in Germany, lets dive in!
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Welcome to the first chapter of the Metric of the Month! We’re glad to start this series talking about metrics. We expect to show you a complete guide for a different metric each month so you can understand more about them. We start this series with our favorite one, the Elephant Factor.
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The 0.5 release of BAP -Bitergia Analytics Platform- is now available since September 28. In this blog post, we want to share new features and how changes can affect your work.
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In our latest incorporation to the nest, Dobroslawa (or Dobri as she prefers) joined Bitergia as the new team Technical Writer. In this blog post, we’re explaining the role of a Technical Writer, why Bitergia wants to fill this position, and why Dobri is a good fit for the team. We will also present her professional path, and what ideas she has for the next steps.
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Sláinte! During last week, we were part of a full week of activities, events, social gatherings, networking, and interesting discussions. All of this was surrounded by the strong Irish culture which we had the opportunity to learn about on our latest trip to Dublin, Ireland.
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