linux-kernel - Re: Number of bugs

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Message-ID: <20080523165055.GC28257@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Fri, 23 May 2008 19:50:55 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Natalie Protasevich <protasnb@...il.com>,
	Bosko Radivojevic <bosko.radivojevic@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Number of bugs - statistics

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 07:11:57AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 12:09:40 +0300
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > And in case anyone says "not forwarded distribution bugs aren't our 
> > problem":
> > That's a nice example, since in this case a distribuion suddenly 
> > starting to agressively forwarding their bugs might contribute to
> > making the kernel better, but might also totally ruin the numbers in
> > any statistics.
> 
> Fedora gets less than 1000 bugs per release (so 6 month window).
> That's... peanuts.

2000 kernel bugs per year?

Then Fedora alone gets roughly as many kernel bugs as the kernel 
Bugzilla.

>...
> We are tracking over 3000 bugs per WEEK via other channels.
>...

What exactly are you measuring with this "3000 bugs" number?

cu
Adrian

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