An analysis of Java release practices on GitHub

This paper examines the release practices of Java Maven Repositories on GitHub. Most prior research in this vein has been done on Maven Central, the largest Maven package repository. However, GitHub hosts 15.5 million Java repositories, and is left untapped. Additionally of interest is the fact that GitHub provides a competitor to Maven Central,...

Uncovering secrets of the Maven Repository: Java Build Aspects: An empirical analysis

The Maven Central Repository hosts over 11 million packages. As Maven itself is a build tool for Java, the majority of these packages are Java archives.<br/>This research aims to analyze these packages and look into various build aspects of these projects (the research questions): are Java modules used, what Java versions are used and how is the...