Debian maintainers work hard to produce quality packages -- but some widely-used projects may be quietly falling behind over time. In this talk, I'll describe my research to measure 'underproduction' in Debian: packages that are relatively low quality given their popularity. These underproduced packages are a source of software infrastructure risk. This talk is accessible to end-users as well as maintainers and developers. You'll walk away from the session with both my concrete results describing troubled packages and a way of thinking about at-risk software that you can apply to your own environment. After the talk, let's discuss your ideas about the possible sources and solutions to the challenges of underproduction.
Speakers: Kaylea Champion