linux-kernel - Re: Number of bugs

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Message-ID: <4835B144.4000101@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 19:45:40 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
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

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:22:57PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
>> Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>> And ALSA alone has 2000 open bug reports, which makes the open ACPI or 
>>> SCSI bug numbers relatively irrelevant in any "number of bugs" 
>>> statistics.
>> Central facilities like ACPI and SCSI having relatively few [and
>> according to Arjan a decreasing number of] reported unfixed bugs is...
>> irrelevant?
> 
> Yes, _in any "number of bugs" statistics_ that is irrelevant.

Well, yes, in any "simplistic total number of bugs without any frame of 
reference what is actually counted" statistics it is indeed irrelevant.

[...]
> We do not even have good data for "number of bug reports".

That's right.  We don't have comprehensive data, and it is difficult to 
draw conclusions from the data that we have.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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