Dependency Update Adoption Patterns in the Maven Software Ecosystem

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.07310v1
• Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:24:31 GMT
• Title: Dependency Update Adoption Patterns in the Maven Software Ecosystem
• Authors: Baltasar Berretta, Augustus Thomas, Heather Guarnera,
• Abstract summary: dependency updates protect dependent software components from bugs, security vulnerabilities, and poor code quality.<n>We find adoption latency in the Maven ecosystem follows a log-normal distribution while adoption reach exhibits an exponential decay distribution.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Regular dependency updates protect dependent software components from upstream bugs, security vulnerabilities, and poor code quality. Measures of dependency updates across software ecosystems involve two key dimensions: the time span during which a release is being newly adopted (adoption lifespan) and the extent of adoption across the ecosystem (adoption reach). We examine correlations between adoption patterns in the Maven software ecosystem and two factors: the magnitude of code modifications (extent of modifications affecting the meaning or behavior of the code, henceforth called ``semantic change") in an upstream dependency and the relative maintenance rate of upstream packages. Using the Goblin Weaver framework, we find adoption latency in the Maven ecosystem follows a log-normal distribution while adoption reach exhibits an exponential decay distribution.

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