Re: [Sheflug] Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" to be released this weekend

[Robin Wood <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2 February 2011 01:52, Peter Humphrey <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday 31 January 2011 21:10:27 Richard Ibbotson wrote:
>
>> One interesting number has already been posted: in the two years of
>> development of Debian 6.0  "Squeeze" the Debian Project has closed
>> 149,862 bugs [6].
>
> I can't help wondering to what extent this is cause for celebration: how
> is it possible to write code that contains that many faults? Or maybe
> this is the consultant's approach: payment by the inch (of paper in the
> report).

Have you seen the size of the codebase that Debian is built on?
Remember that a bug is anything from a typo to a full system failure.

Robin


> --
> Rgds
> Peter.
> _______________________________________________
> Sheffield Linux User's Group
> http://sheflug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sheflug_sheflug.org.uk
> FAQ at: http://www.sheflug.org.uk/mailfaq.html
>
> GNU - The Choice of a Complete Generation
>

_______________________________________________
Sheffield Linux User's Group
http://sheflug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sheflug_sheflug.org.uk
FAQ at: http://www.sheflug.org.uk/mailfaq.html

GNU - The Choice of a Complete Generation