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<p class=MsoPlainText>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I am a graduate student in the Department of Information
Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). I am doing
research in the area of software engineering. I would very much appreciate if
you could answer the following questions of mine:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>1. I was wondering if KPhotoAlbum has gone under any
major restructuring/redesign initiative in its history. Restructuring/redesign
initiative can be defined as a concerted effort during a time period in which
major changes were applied to the code base <span style='color:#1F497D'>to </span>improve
software architecture/design<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>while little or
no functional enhancement<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>was made. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>2. If the project has gone under such an initiative, then
would it be possible for you to give the dates or revision/release numbers that
are "right before" and "right after" this structuring
effort? I would like to checkout the source code from the repository to compare
structural measurements that belong to "before" and "after"
snapshots. Note that the dates and revision/release numbers should be right
before and right after the initiative because I would like to be able to
isolate and observe the effects of this effort. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Your response will be very helpful in our research. Thank
you very much for your time in advance. I look forward to hearing from you
soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Mohammed Aziz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>P.S. This research is solely performed for academic
purposes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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