Re: The direction linux is taking

Eyal Sohya
2001-12-23T14:14:37Z

>From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>To: dana.lacoste@peregrine.com (Dana Lacoste)
>CC: linuz_kernel_q@hotmail.com ('Eyal Sohya'), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: The direction linux is taking
>Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:04:13 +0000 (GMT)
>
> > > 1. Are we satisfied with the source code control system ?
> >
> > Yes. Alan (2.2) and Marcelo (2.4) and Linus (2.5) are doing
> > a good job with source control.

really ?
Do you know what good source control is ? i doubt it.

>
>Not really. We do a passable job. Stuff gets dropped, lost,
>deferred and forgotten, applied when it conflicts with other work
>- much of this stuff that software wouldnt actually improve on over a
>person
>
> > Although this seems annoying, it's just one facet of the
> > primary difference between Linux and a commercially based
> > kernel : if you want to know how something works and how
> > it's being developed, then you MUST participate, in this
> > and other mailing lists.
>
>That wont help you - most discussion occurs in private because l/k
>is too noisy and many key people dont read it.
>
> > > 3. There is no central bug tracking database. At least people
> > > should know the status of the bugs they have found with some
> > > releases.
> >
> > There is no central product, so there can be no central bug track.
> > (see below)
>
>Rubbish. Ask the engineering world about fault tracking. You won't get
>"different products no central flaw tracking" you'll get extensive cross
>correlation, statistical tools and the like in any syste, where reliability
>matters
>
>Many kernel bug reports end up invisible to some of the developers.

that is exactly my point.
>
>Alan

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