Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>> And we should be aware that reverting is only a workaround for the real
>>> problem which lies in our bug handling.
>> ...
> 
> And this is something I want to emphasize again.
> 
> How can we make any progress with the real problem and not only the 
> symptoms?
...

Perhaps make lists of

  - bug reports which never lead to any debug activity
    (no responsible person/team was found, or a seemingly person/team
    did not start to debug the report)

  - known regressions on release,

  - regressions that became known after release,

  - subsystems with notable backlogs of old bugs,

  - other categories?

Select typical cases from each categories, analyze what went wrong in
these cases, and try to identify practicable countermeasures.

Another approach:  Figure out areas where quality is exemplary and try
to draw conclusions for areas where quality is lacking.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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