[Koha-devel] Coverity - creating OS software maps - (automated defect detection)

[Irma Birchall]

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+Op
en+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
<http://www.coverity.com/>  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'
<http://scan.coverity.com/arch/>  link. 
Does anyone know more about this code analyser? 

Just curious.. 

Regards, 
Irma
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