Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 May 2008 20:33:18 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Number of bugs - statistics |
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On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:08:49AM -0700, Natalie Protasevich wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote: >... > >> by various criteria: ALSA bugs > >> are numerous, which is not important for most enterprise server users > >> who would completely disregard this category, whereas desktop users > >> will probably concentrate on those more than any other. > > > > The majority of machines running Linux most likely runs with ARM CPUs. > > > > Show me any public source you want to use for getting serious data for > > this area. > > There is no one, except dispersed reports and ... appropriate > implementation involving search engine comes to mind.
Much of this information will never be published at any place where Google could find it.
> >> So the answer > >> to question about kernel stability would be more adequate depending on > >> who's asking. > > > > You must not confuse "number of reported bugs" with "kernel stability" - > > these two can be quite decoupled. > > Number of existing, proven and prioritized bugs maybe better to say. > I think there is a correlation.
Some correlaton.
If people are aware of the weaknesses and the many obvious ways to manipulate such statistics.
> --Natalie
cu Adrian
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