Table 5 Metrics related to patch efficiency under both traditional and rapid releases
From: Patch rejection in Firefox: negative reviews, backouts, and issue reopening
Traditional | Rapid | Significance | |
|---|---|---|---|
Time to submission (days) | 1.3 | 0.9 | *** |
(inappropriate patch) | 4.9 | 4.5 | ** |
(supplementary patch) | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
Time to commit (days) | 11.1 | 5.4 | *** |
(inappropriate patch) | 22.2 | 10.1 | *** |
(supplementary patch) | 3.4 | 1.6 | *** |
Time to closing (days) | 15.9 | 7.7 | *** |
(inappropriate patch) | 20.7 | 14.3 | *** |
(supplementary patch) | 2.8 | 2.1 | * |