TY - JOUR AU - Souza, Rodrigo RG AU - Chavez, Christina FG AU - Bittencourt, Roberto A. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/06/18 TI - Patch rejection in Firefox: negative reviews, backouts, and issue reopening JO - Journal of Software Engineering Research and Development SP - 9 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - Writing patches to fix bugs or implement new features is an important software development task, as it contributes to raise the quality of a software system. Not all patches are accepted in the first attempt, though. Patches can be rejected because of problems found during code review, automated testing, or manual testing. A high rejection rate, specially later in the lifecycle, may indicate problems with the software development process. SN - 2195-1721 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40411-015-0024-z DO - 10.1186/s40411-015-0024-z ID - Souza2015 ER -