Hi,

This is not exactly what a librarian spends her time reading about, but the article caught my attention…..

The article: "A Better Grip on Open Source Projects?" 
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3803471/A+Better+Grip+on+Open+Source+Projects.htm
New effort by vendor Coverity promises to map over 2,500 open source apps. http://scan.coverity.com/arch/

From their homepage: "ACCELERATING OPEN SOURCE QUALITY"

"In collaboration with Stanford University, Coverity is establishing a new baseline for software quality and security in open source. Under a contract with the Department of Homeland Security, we apply the latest innovations in automated defect detection to uncover some of the most critical types of bugs found in software."  " Coverity Architecture Analyzer. The tool uses information gathered during the build of a codebase to create a comprehensive list of interdependencies in the code. These dependencies can be investigated interactively with the Architecture Analyzer desktop application. It can also be used to generate diagrams….."

I wonder if adding Koha's code is of any interest to the Koha Project/developers and the rationale for the decision? An invitation to add additional projects is included: use the 'Submit a Request' link.

Does anyone know more about this code analyser?

Just curious….

Regards,
Irma
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