Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

Michal Piotrowski
2007-06-17T20:11:00Z

On 17/06/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> Carlo Wood wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 09:18:17PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >> where n is a number that needs to be determined (I think that n could be 3).
> >> Well, "negative comments" should also be defined more precisely. ;-)
> >
> > I think that n should be a function of the number of accepted patches
> > that this person sent in before, and the number of regressions he
> > caused in the past.
>
> The character of the patch (potential impacts, size...) and availability
> of reviewers and testers influence the required review time so much that
> other factors, like reputation of the submitter, hardly matter.

So we need a bug/regression/patch tracking system based on MMORPG game ;)

Regards,
Michal

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