Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs: a case study on Ubuntu

Xiaoxue Ren; Qiao Huang; Xin Xia; Zhenchang Xing; Lingfeng Bao; David Lo

doi:10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00065

Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs: a case study on Ubuntu

Xiaoxue Ren, Qiao Huang, Xin Xia, Zhenchang Xing, Lingfeng Bao, David Lo

Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity

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Abstract

Ubuntu is an open source software platform that runs everywhere from the smartphone, the tablet and the PC to the server and the cloud. In Ubuntu, there are many self-contained or third-party software packages for different use, and a bug report in Ubuntu could affect one or more packages simultaneously. Identifying the common package bugs in Ubuntu can help both developers and users better understand the packages they are developing or using, and also provide further guidelines to developers of similar packages in the future. In this paper, we perform a large-scale empirical study of common package bugs on Ubuntu by leveraging topic modeling. By analyzing a total of 240,097 bug reports, we identify 3 general bugs that are common to all Ubuntu packages, i.e., Graphical User Interface (GUI), Maintenance, and Runtime bugs. Moreover, we categorize top-100 packages with most number of bug reports into 6 categories (i.e., graphics, internet, office, sound and video, system management, and kernel), and identify domain-specific bugs for each category.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018
Subtitle of host publication	23–27 July 2018 Tokyo, Japan
Editors	Sorel Reisman, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Claudio Demartini, Thomas Conte, Ling Liu, William Claycomb, Motonori Nakamura, Edmundo Tovar, Stelvio Cimato, Chung-Horng Lung, Hiroki Takakura, Ji-Jiang Yang, Toyokazu Akiyama, Zhiyong Zhang, Kamrul Hasan
Place of Publication	Piscataway NJ USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	426-431
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538626665
ISBN (Print)	9781538626672
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00065
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	International Computer Software and Applications Conference 2018 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 23 Jul 2018 → 27 Jul 2018 Conference number: 42nd https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2018/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8376143/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Conference	International Computer Software and Applications Conference 2018
Abbreviated title	COMPSAC 2018
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	23/07/18 → 27/07/18
Internet address	https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2018/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/8376143/proceeding (Proceedings)

Keywords

Bug Report Summarization
Empirical Study
Topic Model

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Ren, X., Huang, Q., Xia, X., Xing, Z., Bao, L., & Lo, D. (2018). Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs: a case study on Ubuntu. In S. Reisman, S. I. Ahamed, C. Demartini, T. Conte, L. Liu, W. Claycomb, M. Nakamura, E. Tovar, S. Cimato, C.-H. Lung, H. Takakura, J.-J. Yang, T. Akiyama, Z. Zhang, & K. Hasan (Eds.), Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018: 23–27 July 2018 Tokyo, Japan (Vol. 1, pp. 426-431). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00065

Ren, Xiaoxue ; Huang, Qiao ; Xia, Xin et al. / Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs : a case study on Ubuntu. Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018: 23–27 July 2018 Tokyo, Japan. editor / Sorel Reisman ; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed ; Claudio Demartini ; Thomas Conte ; Ling Liu ; William Claycomb ; Motonori Nakamura ; Edmundo Tovar ; Stelvio Cimato ; Chung-Horng Lung ; Hiroki Takakura ; Ji-Jiang Yang ; Toyokazu Akiyama ; Zhiyong Zhang ; Kamrul Hasan. Vol. 1 Piscataway NJ USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018. pp. 426-431

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Ren, X, Huang, Q, Xia, X, Xing, Z, Bao, L & Lo, D 2018, Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs: a case study on Ubuntu. in S Reisman, SI Ahamed, C Demartini, T Conte, L Liu, W Claycomb, M Nakamura, E Tovar, S Cimato, C-H Lung, H Takakura, J-J Yang, T Akiyama, Z Zhang & K Hasan (eds), Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018: 23–27 July 2018 Tokyo, Japan. vol. 1, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 426-431, International Computer Software and Applications Conference 2018, Tokyo, Japan, 23/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00065

Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs: a case study on Ubuntu. / Ren, Xiaoxue; Huang, Qiao; Xia, Xin et al.
Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018: 23–27 July 2018 Tokyo, Japan. ed. / Sorel Reisman; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed; Claudio Demartini; Thomas Conte; Ling Liu; William Claycomb; Motonori Nakamura; Edmundo Tovar; Stelvio Cimato; Chung-Horng Lung; Hiroki Takakura; Ji-Jiang Yang; Toyokazu Akiyama; Zhiyong Zhang; Kamrul Hasan. Vol. 1 Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018. p. 426-431.

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Ren X, Huang Q, Xia X, Xing Z, Bao L, Lo D. Characterizing common and domain-specific package bugs: a case study on Ubuntu. In Reisman S, Ahamed SI, Demartini C, Conte T, Liu L, Claycomb W, Nakamura M, Tovar E, Cimato S, Lung CH, Takakura H, Yang JJ, Akiyama T, Zhang Z, Hasan K, editors, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018: 23–27 July 2018 Tokyo, Japan. Vol. 1. Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2018. p. 426-431 doi: 10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00065

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