Re: Number of bugs - statistics

[Stefan Richter]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:22:57PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > And ALSA alone has 2000 open bug reports, which makes the open ACPI or 
> > > SCSI bug numbers relatively irrelevant in any "number of bugs" 
> > > statistics.
> > Central facilities like ACPI and SCSI having relatively few [and
> > according to Arjan a decreasing number of] reported unfixed bugs is...
> > irrelevant?
>
> Yes, _in any "number of bugs" statistics_ that is irrelevant.

Well, yes, in any "simplistic total number of bugs without any frame of 
reference what is actually counted" statistics it is indeed irrelevant.

[...]
> We do not even have good data for "number of bug reports".

That's right.  We don't have comprehensive data, and it is difficult to 
draw conclusions from the data that we have.
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