The evolution of software evolvability

Authors:
Chris Lüer;David S. Rosenblum;André van der Hoek
Affiliations:
University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA
Venue:
IWPSE '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution
Year:
2001

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Abstract

We analyze two trends that have influenced the evolvability of component-based applications: increase of component exchangeability and increase of component distance. Exchangeability mechanisms can be classified either as code reuse or as service reuse. Component distance can vary from file scope to Internet scope. We discuss the various stages of evolvability in these dimensions, describe the state of the art, and speculate on future developments.