New kernel bug database on-line

New kernel bug database on-line

[John Bradford]

A couple of weeks ago, I started a thread about writing a bug database
dedicated to Linux kernel development.

My theory is that by making it Linux kernel development specific, it
can save more time, and make bug tracking easier than a generic bug
database.

Anyway, version 1.0 is now on-line:

http://grabjohn.com/kernelbugdatabase/

For the time being, you'll have to E-Mail me a request for a user
account, (which you need to do anything with it), but I've also put
some screenshots on-line here:

http://grabjohn.com/kernelbugdatabase/screenshots/

Basically, it's designed around two main principles:

* As much as possible is done automatically - you shouldn't need to
search using keywords, or categorise things manually, (although you
can).  Instead, try searching for bugs by uploading a .config file,
and having it automatically parsed, by selecting config options from a
list, or by browsing the database for the state of bugs in a
particular kernel tree.

* Bugs are colour-coded:
  Grey  - untested in this kernel version
  Blue  - untestable in this kernel version due to other bugs
  Red   - this bug is present in this kernel
  Green - this bug is not present in this kernel

There is also a command line interface, which will eventually be
accessible via E-Mail, but for the time being it is only accessible
via the web.  The command line interface currently allows you to list
the bugs, get details about them, and add comments.

Any comments on this new bug database would be very much appreciated!

John

Re: New kernel bug database on-line

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 11:59:59PM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago, I started a thread about writing a bug database
> dedicated to Linux kernel development.
> 
> My theory is that by making it Linux kernel development specific, it
> can save more time, and make bug tracking easier than a generic bug
> database.
> 
> Anyway, version 1.0 is now on-line:
> 
> http://grabjohn.com/kernelbugdatabase/

Hm, on this page it says the latest Development kernel is 2.5.54, does
this database travel forward in time?  :)

> For the time being, you'll have to E-Mail me a request for a user
> account, (which you need to do anything with it), but I've also put
> some screenshots on-line here:

Automated account creation should be your first new feature you add to
this program, almost no one will use this if you make them do that.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: New kernel bug database on-line

[John Bradford]

> 
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 11:59:59PM +0000, John Bradford wrote:
> > A couple of weeks ago, I started a thread about writing a bug database
> > dedicated to Linux kernel development.
> > 
> > My theory is that by making it Linux kernel development specific, it
> > can save more time, and make bug tracking easier than a generic bug
> > database.
> > 
> > Anyway, version 1.0 is now on-line:
> > 
> > http://grabjohn.com/kernelbugdatabase/
> 
> Hm, on this page it says the latest Development kernel is 2.5.54, does
> this database travel forward in time?  :)

Yeah, I said it had some good features :-)

> > For the time being, you'll have to E-Mail me a request for a user
> > account, (which you need to do anything with it), but I've also put
> > some screenshots on-line here:
> 
> Automated account creation should be your first new feature you add to
> this program, almost no one will use this if you make them do that.

The server runs about 100 other websites, and I had visions of it
getting posted to Slashdot...  Besides, I finished the code at about
11 PM yesterday, I want to have a look at it again this morning to
check for security holes before everybody r00ts the box :-).

John.