List of Tools

Carnarvon

• URL: http://carnarvon.tigris.org
• Author: Alvaro Navarro <anavarro at gsyc.escet.urjc.es>, Carlos González <carcgonzalezsanch at uoc.edu>
• Description: Carnarvon analyses how old the software system is on a per-line basis and extracts figures and indexes that make it possible to identify how `old' the software is, how much it has been maintained and how much effort it may suppose to maintain it in the future.
• Technologies: Python.

• Execution mode:
  • Install: python setup.py install
  • Configure: carnarvon -w my.conf
  • Run: carnarvon my.conf
  • Analysis: After carnarvon finishes the analysis of the given project, run the next tools in order to get graphs and a nice website: carnarvon2web my.conf
• Input data: A downloaded (check out) project from its CVS/SVN repository.
• Output data: A nice website with graphs about the analysis.
• Technology limitation: May be interesting that Carnarvon can do the repository check out by itself. But, authors says that this is a feature.
• Maturity: stable.
• Dependencies: python, cvs, subversion, python-2.x-MySQLdb, gnuplot.
• Documentation:
  • http://carnarvon.tigris.org/documentation/quick-guide.html.
• License: GNU General Public License (GPL).
• Metrics:
  • How `old' the software is.
  • How much it has been maintained.
    • Changes made in a line.
    • Lines added, removed or changed (counted as both added and removed).
  • How much effort it may suppose to maintain it in the future.