Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

Michal Piotrowski
2007-06-17T16:47:19Z

On 17/06/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> 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?

It is unworkable in wiki.

There is a new regression field in bugzilla, but it is only the first
step to implement regression tracking feature.

>
> 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
> -=====-=-=== -==- =---=
> http://arcgraph.de/sr/
>

Regards,
Michal

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