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Which source code is used for analysis?
I was looking at the analysis for the project Openbravo, and then I looked at the associated available code. It is clear that the number of lines which can be computed analyzing the associated code is not comparable to that reported in the analysis results, so it seems that the analysis is not performed using the code found via the listed code locations. Thus, I am wondering where is the code that is actually used by openhub to perform the analysis, if that is not the same code available following the url in the code locations. In particular, which code is actually analyzed for openbravo?
Kimolev,
The only thing I can tell you is that, as has been discussed here recently, the rules pertaining to what code is interpreted as one language or another do change over time and our ability to identify code becomes more acute over time. The problem comes, however, with the way we do our analyses which is incrementally. The code we analyze today will be judged by the standards that are in force today and there is some difference with the numbers we would have come up with only a few months ago. To get the most accurate picture possible, we should re-analyze the code completely by re-fetching all the repositories. This is a time consuming process, however, but if you are unsatisfied with the current results, perhaps that is what needs to be done.
Let me know...
Thanks!
Ssnow,
thank you for your prompt reply. If I have other doubts, I will surely ask another question. I really do appreciate your job, and your website. Keep up the good work: it is really useful for FOSS development.
Best Regards,
Simone