Exploring How Deprecated Python Library APIs Are (Not) Handled (ESEC/FSE 2020 - Research Papers) - ESEC/FSE 2020

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Jiawei Wang, Li Li, Kui Liu, Haipeng Cai

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ESEC/FSE 2020 Research Papers

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Wed 11 Nov 2020 17:05 - 17:06 at Virtual room 1 - APIs

Abstract

In this paper, we present the first exploratory study of deprecated Python library APIs to understand the status quo of API deprecation in the realm of Python libraries.
Specifically, we aim to comprehend how deprecated library APIs are declared and documented in practice by their maintainers, and how library users react to them.
By thoroughly looking into six reputed Python libraries and 1,200 GitHub projects, we experimentally observe that API deprecation is poorly handled by library contributors, which subsequently introduce difficulties for Python developers to resolve the usage of deprecated library APIs.
This empirical evidence suggests that our community should take immediate actions to appropriately handle the deprecation of Python library APIs.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1145/3368089.3409735

Jiawei Wang

Monash University, Australia

Li Li

Monash University, Australia

Australia

Kui Liu

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

China

Haipeng Cai

Washington State University, USA

United States

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	17:00 - 17:30	APIsResearch Papers / Tool Demos / Journal First / Paper Presentations / Industry Papers at Virtual room 1

	17:00 2m Talk		Emerging Perspectives of Application Programming Interface Strategy: A Framework to Respond to Business Concerns Journal First Juho LindmanUniversity of Gothenburg, Jennifer HorkoffChalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Imed HammoudaMediterranean Institute of Technology, Eric KnaussChalmers and University of Gothenburg
	17:03 1m Talk		Exempla Gratis (E.G.): Code Examples for Free Industry Papers Celeste BarnabyFacebook, Inc., Koushik SenUniversity of California at Berkeley, Tianyi ZhangHarvard University, USA, Elena GlassmanHarvard University, Satish ChandraFacebook, USA DOI
	17:05 1m Talk		Exploring How Deprecated Python Library APIs Are (Not) Handled Research Papers Jiawei WangMonash University, Australia, Li LiMonash University, Australia, Kui LiuNanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, Haipeng CaiWashington State University, USA DOI
	17:07 1m Talk		LibComp: An IntelliJ Plugin for Comparing Java Libraries Tool Demos Rehab El-HajjUniversity of Alberta, Canada, Sarah NadiUniversity of Alberta Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached
	17:09 1m Talk		Selecting Third-Party Libraries: The Practitioners’ Perspective Research Papers Enrique Larios VargasSoftware Improvement Group, Netherlands, Maurício AnicheDelft University of Technology, Netherlands, Christoph TreudeUniversity of Adelaide, Australia, Magiel BruntinkSoftware Improvement Group, Netherlands, Georgios GousiosFacebook & Delft University of Technology DOI
	17:11 19m Talk		Conversations on APIs Paper Presentations Celeste BarnabyFacebook, Inc., Jiawei WangMonash University, Australia, Juho LindmanUniversity of Gothenburg, Rehab El-HajjUniversity of Alberta, Canada, Tam NguyenAuburn University, USA, M: Massimiliano Di PentaUniversity of Sannio, Italy