BackportBench: A Multilingual Benchmark for Automated Backporting of Patches

The article introduces BackportBench, a multilingual benchmark designed to evaluate the performance of automated patch backporting systems. This is a significant contribution to the field as it provides a standardized way to assess and compare different approaches to this important software maintenance task. The multilingual aspect is particularly noteworthy, suggesting a focus on the global applicability of backporting techniques.

• •Introduces BackportBench, a new benchmark for automated patch backporting.
• •The benchmark is multilingual, supporting evaluation across different languages.
• •Provides a standardized way to assess and compare backporting systems.
• •Focuses on a critical software maintenance task.