we all know last moment changes always result in that dreaded 3:00AM call from support guys,this has been proven infact there is a phd[pdf] thesis on it,Andreas Zeller from saarland university has done research on change inducing fixes,the research[pdf] can be simplified as linking version control and bug database together to track when the bugs are introduced in system and how they relate to some changes made recently.
below is the google tech talk given by Andreas Zeller where he discusses concept of delta debugging and software archaeology[pdf] further.
Advertisement