Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:26:55 +0200 | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel? |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: >>> And we should be aware that reverting is only a workaround for the real >>> problem which lies in our bug handling. >> ... > > And this is something I want to emphasize again. > > How can we make any progress with the real problem and not only the > symptoms? ...
Perhaps make lists of
- bug reports which never lead to any debug activity (no responsible person/team was found, or a seemingly person/team did not start to debug the report)
- known regressions on release,
- regressions that became known after release,
- subsystems with notable backlogs of old bugs,
- other categories?
Select typical cases from each categories, analyze what went wrong in these cases, and try to identify practicable countermeasures.
Another approach: Figure out areas where quality is exemplary and try to draw conclusions for areas where quality is lacking. -- Stefan Richter -=====-=-=== -==- =---= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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