linux-kernel - Re: Number of bugs

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Message-ID: <20080522173318.GD2727@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 20:33:18 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Bosko Radivojevic <bosko.radivojevic@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Number of bugs - statistics

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:08:49AM -0700, Natalie Protasevich wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
>...
> >> by various criteria: ALSA bugs
> >> are numerous, which is not important for most enterprise server users
> >> who would completely disregard this category, whereas desktop users
> >> will probably concentrate on those more than any other.
> >
> > The majority of machines running Linux most likely runs with ARM CPUs.
> >
> > Show me any public source you want to use for getting serious data for
> > this area.
> 
> There is no one, except dispersed reports and ... appropriate
> implementation involving search engine comes to mind.

Much of this information will never be published at any place where 
Google could find it.

> >> So the answer
> >> to question about kernel stability would be more adequate depending on
> >> who's asking.
> >
> > You must not confuse "number of reported bugs" with "kernel stability" -
> > these two can be quite decoupled.
> 
> Number of existing, proven and prioritized  bugs maybe better to say.
> I think there is a correlation.

Some correlaton.

If people are aware of the weaknesses and the many obvious ways to 
manipulate such statistics.

> --Natalie

cu
Adrian

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