From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Denys Vlasenko Subject: Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:41:06 -0700 Message-ID: <200711131741.06509.vda.linux@googlemail.com> References: <20071113031553.3c7b5c16.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071113175610.GE4250@stusta.de> <4739F399.2010605@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4739F399.2010605@googlemail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Unsubscribe: To: Gabriel C Cc: Adrian Bunk , Theodore Tso , Benoit Boissinot , Mark Lord , Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , David Miller , protasnb@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 13 November 2007 11:57, Gabriel C wrote: > > The main problem is finding experienced developers who spend time on > > looking into bug reports. > > There are already. IMO the problem is the development model. > > There are tons new features in each new kernel release and 'tons new bugs' > which are not fixed during the release cycle nor in the .XX stable kernels. > > Maybe after XX kernel releases there should be one just with bug-fixes > _without_ any new features , eg: cleaning bugs from bugzilla , know > regressions , cleaning up code , removing broken drivers and the like. Won't work. You cannot force people to work on things they don't find interesting, long-term. -- vda