Travis, We’re Through!

A Continuous Integration Breakup Story

david

widder

Michael

hilton

bogdan

vasilescu

christian

kastner..

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need for evidence-backed CI best practices

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Contingency

Theory

Never a universal best practice

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abandonment > Adoption

“Why did I adopt Travis? It was the first CI I heard about, I didn't do much research if there were

other options.” 5

Detecting abandonment

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controlling for adoption date

2012 20162014 20152013

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removing dead projects

RIP

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C# Projects >2x more likely to abandon travis

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10 mins longer build duration

DECREases Chances of abandoning travis by 20%

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@DavidTheWid dwidder@cmu.edu

??Need for evidence backed CI practices

abandonment

> Adoption

C# increases chances,

build time decreases chances,

of Travis abandonment.