Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

Stefan Richter
2007-06-17T16:27:56Z

Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>> And we should be aware that reverting is only a workaround for the real
>>> problem which lies in our bug handling.
>> ...
>
> And this is something I want to emphasize again.
>
> How can we make any progress with the real problem and not only the
> symptoms?
...

Perhaps make lists of

- bug reports which never lead to any debug activity
(no responsible person/team was found, or a seemingly person/team
did not start to debug the report)

- known regressions on release,

- regressions that became known after release,

- subsystems with notable backlogs of old bugs,

- other categories?

Select typical cases from each categories, analyze what went wrong in
these cases, and try to identify practicable countermeasures.

Another approach: Figure out areas where quality is exemplary and try
to draw conclusions for areas where quality is lacking.
--
Stefan Richter
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