On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 18:07 +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 16/12/08 at 14:34 +0000, Neil McGovern wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:07:12PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > On 16/12/08 at 14:21 +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote: > > > > I think this question is nonsense. While the bug-fix rate was more or > > > > less the same since the last two releases, it looks like in this release > > > > we actually started the freeze with much more RC-bugs than before. So it > > > > was foreseeable that the freeze will take longer this time. We can't > > > > solve the problem by fixing bugs faster (that won't work anyways). So > > > > what's the point of asking how many RC-bugs one has fixed? Does that > > > > mean only those are allowed to make suggestions, who fixed an RC bug? > > > > > > I agree. It's clear that most people don't work on RC bugs instead of > > ^^^^^ > > > working on their packages: during freezes, they just stop working on > > > Debian, since it's judged socially incorrect to work on one's packages > > > in unstable or experimental during the freeze. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > Could you justify those two please? I've seen no evidence, let alone > > any degree of clarity that supports the statement. > > "clear that most people don't work on RC bugs instead of working on their > packages": I don't have any data on that, it's mostly based on > perception. Let's try to gather data on something relevant: > > Number of distinct posters per month on debian-bugs...@lists.d.o: > 200801 944 > 200802 997 > 200803 1390 > 200804 1238 > 200805 1070 > 200806 1013 > 200807 1068 > 200808 1032 > 200809 975 > 200810 946 > 200811 724 > 200812 401 (partial results, obviously) > > So, the number of people working on RC bugs has significantly decreased > since the beginning of the freeze.
Or there are fewer and fewer bugs in Lenny ? Or have we returned to [winter|regular] bug rate ? Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
