Large-scale analysis of inactive GitHub repositories shows open source projects die primarily from insufficient value and ecosystem dynamics, not from pull request workflow problems, despite a common pattern of declining activity.
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A survey of 419 practitioners shows strong reliance on reusable GitHub Actions for core CI/CD tasks but limited adoption of reusable workflows, with copy-pasting remaining common due to versioning and trust issues.
Developers most frequently reference the full Log4j migration guide in pull request descriptions (82.81% of cases) and continue consulting it during post-update maintenance tasks.
Hidden dependencies and component variants in SBOMs cause inconsistent vulnerability reporting and VEX handling across scanners.
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The Death Spiral of Open Source Projects: A Post-Mortem Analysis of Pull Request Workflow Dynamics
Large-scale analysis of inactive GitHub repositories shows open source projects die primarily from insufficient value and ecosystem dynamics, not from pull request workflow problems, despite a common pattern of declining activity.
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Automation and Reuse Practices in GitHub Actions Workflows: A Practitioner's Perspective
A survey of 419 practitioners shows strong reliance on reusable GitHub Actions for core CI/CD tasks but limited adoption of reusable workflows, with copy-pasting remaining common due to versioning and trust issues.
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How Do Developers Use Migration Guides? A Case Study of Log4j
Developers most frequently reference the full Log4j migration guide in pull request descriptions (82.81% of cases) and continue consulting it during post-update maintenance tasks.
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Hidden Dependencies and Component Variants in SBOM-Based Software Composition Analysis
Hidden dependencies and component variants in SBOMs cause inconsistent vulnerability reporting and VEX handling across scanners.