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Statement: Approximately 40% of open source projects on GitHub have CI configured, meaning the majority of open source projects lack any continuous integration.
Supporting Evidence Would Show¶
- Empirical studies of GitHub repositories showing CI configuration files present in roughly 35-45% of sampled projects
- Mining studies of .travis.yml, .github/workflows/, .circleci/, Jenkinsfile, etc. across large random samples showing sub-50% presence
- Survey data from developer surveys (e.g., Stack Overflow, JetBrains) reporting CI adoption rates around 40% for open source work
Eliminating Evidence Would Show¶
- Empirical studies showing CI adoption well above 50% or well below 30% across representative samples
- Evidence that the 40% figure is from a non-representative sample (e.g., only inactive projects, only very small projects)
- Methodological critiques showing that CI detection methods used in the cited studies miss significant CI configurations