Dependency Version Migration in Software Projects: A Rapid Review of Motivations, Techniques, Tools, and Challenges

Rapid Review Data Package Supporting data for the rapid review: Dependency Version Migration in Software Projects: A Rapid Review of Motivations, Techniques, Tools, and Challenges (accepted for publication into SBES 2026, the 40th Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering) This package contains the protocol, search exports, screening records, and data-extraction forms produced during the review. Full-text PDFs of the reviewed papers are not included (copyright restrictions on redistribution); each paper is identified by its bibliographic reference and DOI/venue in the extraction forms and in the paper's Appendix A (primary studies list S01–S63). The Final Search Result Scopus [2025.02.17]/ subfolder is uploaded as a single Final Search Result Scopus [2025.02.17].zip file (it holds hundreds of small per-paper folders, which Zenodo handles better as one archive than as individual uploads). Everything else in this package (RAPID REVIEW PROTOCOL.docx, template.extraction.form.docx, RAPID REVIEW SEARCH STRING RESULTS.xlsx, and this README.md) is uploaded as regular individual files alongside that archive. The folder structure below describes what you get once the zip is extracted. Review pipeline The review followed a four-round screening process over a single Scopus search, reflected in the folder names below: Search — one Scopus query executed 2025-02-17. Round 1 (Title) — screened on title alone. Round 2 (Description) — screened on abstract/description. Round 3 (Paper) — full-text screening, split across four reviewers (Arthur, Bruno, Leopoldo, Wesley), each producing one filled extraction/screening form per candidate paper. Final Search Results — the papers that passed all rounds: 63 primary studies, each with a filled extraction form, plus the synthesized answers to the review's research questions. Folder structure RAPID REVIEW PROTOCOL.docx Review protocol: search string, inclusion/exclusion criteria, and research questions (RQs). template.extraction.form.docx Blank data-extraction form used for every candidate paper in Round 3 and for the final primary studies. RAPID REVIEW SEARCH STRING RESULTS.xlsx Raw Scopus export for the search string (pre-round 0 working copy). Final Search Result Scopus [2025.02.17].zip <- uploaded to Zenodo as this single archive; extract it to get the structure below: Final Search Result Scopus [2025.02.17]/ ├── 0th Round - Scopus Search Results/ │ └── search.result-scopus-20250217.xlsx Raw Scopus search export. ├── 1st Round - Title/ │ └── scopus-20250217-1st-round.xlsx Screening decisions after title-only pass. ├── 2nd Round - Description/ │ └── scopus-20250217-2nd-round.xlsx Screening decisions after abstract/description pass. ├── 3rd Round - Paper/ │ ├── scopus-20250217-3rd-round.xlsx Tracking sheet of full-text screening decisions. │ ├── 3rd Round Arthur_s Papers/ │ ├── 3rd Round Bruno_s Papers/ │ ├── 3rd Round Leopoldo_s Papers/ │ └── 3rd Round Wesley_s Papers/ │ └── <NN - Paper Title>/ │ └── <NN - Paper Title>.docx Filled extraction/screening form for that │ candidate paper (one reviewer's assessment). │ The paper's own PDF, originally alongside this │ form, has been removed from this package. └── Final Search Results/ ├── scopus-20250217-final-results.xlsx Final included/excluded status for every record. ├── RQs Answers.docx Draft synthesis of RQ answers from the 63 │ primary studies. ├── New RQs Answers.docx Revised draft of the RQ synthesis above. └── Papers/ └── <NN - Paper Title>/ └── <NN - Paper Title>.docx Filled extraction form for one of the 63 primary studies. NN (01-63) matches the SNN numbering used for the same study in the paper's Appendix A (e.g. folder `01` = study `S01`). The paper's own PDF has been removed from this package. ``