Talk:Software maintenance

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Software maintenance is currently a Computing and engineering good article nominee. Nominated by Buidhe paid (talk) at 03:20, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

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Short description: Modification of a software product after delivery

What about techniques?[edit]

Hello all, I included (for now) a list of (one) techniques for software maintenance. In the future if some good souls were to add to the list, perhaps the list of techniques could be broken off into its own page, since the current page treats this subject (as it should) on more of a top-level. A couple more can likely be gleaned from the latest edition of Page-Jones, and maybe a few more from the Best Practices section of the book Rapid Development by Steve McConnell, and maybe from his other book Code Complete. I urge caution, since these practices could more properly fall into the program coding stage, or earlier stages. Vonkje 18:38, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think Pigosk should be spelled with an i as in "Pigoski". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.193.128.85 (talk) 22:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request[edit]

Please replace the content of the article with User:Buidhe paid/Software maintenace. Reason: rewrite based on better sources, add sections about the development -> maintenance -> obsolescence cycle, change cycles, workforce, etc. The current article is mostly unsourced. Buidhe paid (talk) 01:52, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I plan a GAN after this edit request: [1] Buidhe paid (talk) 03:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have implemented this, everything is looking good from a cursory overview. Thank you for your work as always. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 03:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki99 summary[edit]

Summary of changes as a result of the Wiki99 project (before, after, diff):

Complete rewrite of the article based on scholarly sources
Added sections about:
- The process of how software goes from release to different cycles of maintenance and obsolescence
- How software is changed during maintenance
- Workforce
- Research
Added information about maintenance of free and open source software

For other editors to consider doing in the future:

Help me get the article to GA status
Potentially expand with more content, if more sources can be found
Consider a merge with software evolution, since the difference is inconsistently defined, blurry, and many sources are about "software maintenance and evolution"

Buidhe paid (talk) 06:19, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]