linux-kernel - Re: Planned changes for bugzilla.kernel.org to reduce the "Bugzilla blues"

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Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 18:08:10 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Artem S. Tashkinov" <aros@....com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>,
        workflows@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>,
        ksummit@...ts.linux.dev,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
Subject: Re: Planned changes for bugzilla.kernel.org to reduce the "Bugzilla blues"

Hi Artem,

On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 2:49 PM Artem S. Tashkinov <aros@....com> wrote:
> The current ill-maintained semi-functional bugzilla has proven to be a
> ton more useful than random mailing lists no sane person can keep track
> of. Bug "reports", i.e. random emails are neglected and forgotten. LKML
> is the worst of them probably.

Such a statement really needs to be backed by numbers...

> Let's operate with some examples:
>
> Bugzilla gets around two dozen bug reports weekly which encompass at
> most thirty emails, which equals to four emails daily on average.

This immediately debunks your statement above.

$ git log v5.19..linus/master | grep Fixes: | wc -l
2928

So that's 46 bugs fixed per _day_.  Most of them not reported
through bugzilla...

> LKML alone sees up to a hundred emails _daily_.
>
> Getting worked up about it? I'm dumbfounded to be honest.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds