Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.21 | Date | Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:14:36 +0200 |
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On Sunday, 29 April 2007 00:33, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:11:30AM +1000, Neil Brown wrote: > > On Saturday April 28, mbligh@mbligh.org wrote: > >... > > > As Andrew has pointed out before though - even though he forwards > > > the bugs, nobody does anything with it. The sad truth seems to be > > > that people have very little interest in fixing bugs when they are > > > reported - it's not sexy, I guess. > > > > Not sexy, and also not at all easy. A lot of the interesting bugs > > seem to be subtle interactions between separate parts of the kernel - > > one part making an assumption or exhibiting a behaviour that the other > > part didn't expect. And we all know that writing bug^Wcode is easier > > than removing bugs. I can spend hour and hours reading through code > > trying to get the big picture, and end up finding a one-line change > > that then needs documenting, testing and external review. It's not > > easy. > > > > > I'm still unconvinced the users or the tool are the problem, but if it > > > makes you happier, we can do that. > > > > No, they aren't the problem. Bugs are the problem. But they might be > > a more effective part of the solution. > > > > My perception of the kernel bugzilla is that visibility is very low. > > > > I think there is value in weekly reminders, and I wouldn't mind seeing > > a weekly Email on linux-kernel with something like a list of open bugs > > that have not seen any activity in between 1 and 2 weeks. It might > > get someone out-of-area interested, and might be noticed by someone > > who thinks they are in-area and get them wondering why they didn't > > find out when the bug was first reported. > > The 100 kB email limit has to be lifted for this... > > More seriously, there are > 1000 open bugs in the kernel Bugzilla > without any activity during the last 2 weeks. > > The problem is usually either "Not sexy, and also not at all easy." or > "no maintainer".
Please add "limited human resources" to this list.
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