Re: [parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention?

Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-20T21:36:32Z

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>:
> I'd be very surprised if the number of false positives isn't fairly stable,
> with new ones being introduced at a similar rate to the rate at which old
> ones finally become correct.

Even supposing that's so, a 36% rate of broken symbols is way too high.
It argues that we need to do a thorough housecleaning at least once in
order to get back to an acceptably low stable rate.
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Eric S. Raymond

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