From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755899AbYEVRf7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2008 13:35:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754612AbYEVRft (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2008 13:35:49 -0400 Received: from smtp5.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.39]:57515 "EHLO smtp5.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754602AbYEVRfj (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2008 13:35:39 -0400 Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 20:33:18 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Natalie Protasevich Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Bosko Radivojevic , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Number of bugs - statistics Message-ID: <20080522173318.GD2727@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <20080522144114.GC27301@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080522075135.4933161c@infradead.org> <20080522155425.GA2727@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <32209efe0805220920h1a2a0089t82b0173bbe239137@mail.gmail.com> <20080522165008.GB2727@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <32209efe0805221008m1850730cxdb26d9bdeb9c43fc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <32209efe0805221008m1850730cxdb26d9bdeb9c43fc@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:08:49AM -0700, Natalie Protasevich wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Adrian Bunk 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 -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed