Artifact Version Promotion Scoring for Stable Software Builds
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge in software development is the difficulty in testing various aspects of software packages due to frequent changes in smaller components, leading to delays and persistence of defects, as existing methods lack a systematic approach to select optimal artifact versions for compilation.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for automatically selecting artifact versions based on test results and user ratings, using a recommendation agent to generate a recommended software package by determining promotion scores for different versions, and compiling it for delivery to a client device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the software package is compiled many different times with many different combinations of versions of the smaller components during development, then the software package can be adapted to different requirements, but it becomes difficult to test certain aspects of the software package, causing delays and persistence of unwanted defects
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically evaluates multiple artifact versions using test results and assigns promotion scores based on their performance. This feedback mechanism enables systematic comparison of different version combinations, allowing developers to identify reliable versions without manual testing of all possibilities, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and testing difficulty
Solution Approach 2:
The recommendation agent autonomously selects optimal artifact versions by automatically evaluating test results and generating promotion scores. This self-service approach eliminates the need for manual testing of every combination, maintaining adaptability while improving reliability through automated evaluation
2Productivity
If a systematic approach is implemented to select optimal artifact versions, then testing efficiency improves, but the complexity of the compilation process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The recommendation agent acts as an intermediary between the compilation process and artifact version selection. It receives test results, evaluates multiple versions, assigns promotion scores, and recommends optimal combinations. This intermediary layer automates the selection process, improving productivity while managing complexity through a dedicated recommendation system rather than complicating the core compilation process
Data Source
AI summary
A method for compiling a software package includes identifying a first artifact and a second artifact, a first version and a second version associated with the first artifact, and a third version and a fourth version associated with the second artifact. The method includes receiving a user role and a set of test results that includes a defect test result, a code churn result, and a security test result for each of the versions. The method includes determining, based on the user role and the set of test results, a promotion score set that includes a promotion score for each of the versions. The method includes generating, based on the promotion score set, a recommended software package that includes the first version and the fourth version. The method includes compiling the recommended software package to obtain a compiled software package and sending the compiled software package to a client device.