Messages in this thread |  | | From | Jim Nance <> | Subject | Re: Processes hanging on 2.0.20; not just on Alphas anymore :( (fwd) | Date | Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:00:35 -0400 (EDT) |
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> Subject: Re: Processes hanging on 2.0.20; not just on Alphas anymore :( > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 23:33:32 +0200 (MET DST) > From: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@dit.upm.es>
> It is my impression (backed up by a hasty count) that the rate of bug > detection is not diminishing. There was a brief lull but there has been a lot > of activity from about 2.0.10 on. Assuming a fixed proportion of > the existing bugs get discovered in any fixed interval, that would indicate > that the number of undiscovered bugs is much larger than the number > discovered so far. I.e. we haven't made a dent.
The other possibility is that every time one bug is fixed, another one is introduced. The number of bugs for large software projects really does follow a 'bathtub curve'.
Jim
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