Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Stanislav Meduna" <> | Subject | Re: Coding style - a non-issue | Date | Mon, 3 Dec 2001 10:07:59 +0100 |
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Horst von Brand wrote:
> Have you got any idea how QA is done in closed environments?
Yes I do. I write commercial sofware for 10 years and have experience with QA systems in two companies, one of them major. I think I have seen the full range of QA in various projects - from a complete negation to a silly buerocratic inefficient one.
> Complex software *has* bugs, bugs which aren't apparent > except under unsusual circumstances are rarely found in the > first round of bug chasing.
Sure. But we now have 2.4.16, not 2.4.0 and guess what? - there is a big thread about fs corruption going right now in the l-k :-( This should _not_ happen in the stab{le,ilizing} series and if it happened, the cause should be identified and measures taken.
I for one think that the kernel has overgrown its current development model and that some _incremental_ steps in the direction of both more formal control and delegation of responsibilities are needed. I think that the most active kernel developers should discuss the future of the development model, as they are the only ones that can really come up with a solution.
It is of course only my opinion - if I am alone having it, forget it.
> > As a user of the vendor's kernel I have no idea what to do > > with a bug. > > Report it to the vendor, through the documented channels?
Did this. It is two months, I did some cornering of the problem and augmented the report several times. The issue is still NEW, without any response asking to try a patch, supply more details or such. Yes, this speaks more of the vendor than of the Linux. But what impression do you think the average user gets from such experience?
Regards -- Stano
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