Re: How to reduce the number of open kernel bugs

Adrian Bunk
2008-05-03T11:22:25Z

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 03:13:21AM -0700, SL Baur wrote:
> On 5/2/08, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> > Just seen in the kernel Bugzilla (driver anonymized to foobar):
>
> ... An all too common sequence
>
> This is the kind of stuff that naturally happens when you tie performance
> to the progression of bug reports through bug tracking systems. It's
> human nature.

That's a problem elsewhere, but not the problem here.

As far as I know this maintainer developed and maintaines this driver as
a hobby.

> It's not good, but it's human nature. This situation is *not* unique to Linux.
>
> -sb (My day job is the care and feeding of a Fortune 50 company's internal bug
> tracking system)

cu
Adrian

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