An Exploratory Study on the Evidence of Hackathons' Role in Solving OSS Newcomers' Challenges

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.09546v1
• Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 15:40:19 GMT
• Title: An Exploratory Study on the Evidence of Hackathons' Role in Solving OSS Newcomers' Challenges
• Authors: Ahmed Samir Imam Mahmoud, Alexander Nolte and Dietmar Pfahl
• Abstract summary: We aim to understand and discuss the challenges newcomers face when joining an OSS project. We collect evidence on how hackathons were used to address those challenges.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Background: OSS projects face various challenges. One major challenge is to onboard and integrate newcomers to the project. Aim: We aim to understand and discuss the challenges newcomers face when joining an OSS project and present evidence on how hackathons can mitigate those challenges. Method: We conducted two searches on digital libraries to (1) explore challenges faced by newcomers to join OSS projects, and (2) collect evidence on how hackathons were used to address them. We defined four evidence categories (positive, inconclusive, and no evidence) to classify evidence how hackathons address challenges. In addition, we investigated whether a hackathon event was related to an OSS project or not. Result: We identified a range of newcomer challenges that were successfully addressed using hackathons. However, not all of the solutions we identified were applied in the context of OSS. Conclusion: There seems to be potential in using hackathons to overcome newcomers' challenges in OSS projects and allow them to integrate faster into the project.

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