Why Software Builds Fail 279
itwbennett writes: A group of researchers from Google, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the University of Nebraska undertook a study of over 26 million builds by 18,000 Google engineers from November 2012 through July 2013 to better understand what causes software builds to fail and, by extension, to improve developer productivity. And, while Google isn't representative of every developer everywhere, there are a few findings that stand out: Build frequency and developer (in)experience don't affect failure rates, most build errors are dependency-related, and C++ generates more build errors than Java (but they're easier to fix).
Re:Easy fix... Offshore it (Score:0, Funny)
Deng Zhang commit untested code to repository again. Now compiler error, build box idle, that not good. I need you write script recompile code until it work. You have five minutes finish job now before you laid off.
Re:Because I'm lazy (Score:5, Funny)
He's the reason compiler writes invented pragmas to turn off warnings...