linux-kernel - Re: Number of bugs

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Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 18:38:18 +0200
From:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
To:	"Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	"Bosko Radivojevic" <bosko.radivojevic@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Natalie Protasevich" <protasnb@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Number of bugs - statistics

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Bosko Radivojevic
<bosko.radivojevic@...il.com> wrote:
> Is there any kind of analysis of number of (reported or resolved) bugs
> through time in Linux kernel floating around? I'm trying to convince
> my colleagues that newer kernel version does not mean more bugs than
> the previous 'well tested' ones.

The following summary of a speech by Andrew Morton contains good
arguments as why you should use a recent kernel:
http://lwn.net/Articles/278647/

Bart.
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