Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel?

From: Michal Piotrowski
Date: Sun Jun 17 2007 - 16:11:04 EST


On 17/06/07, Stefan Richter <stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carlo Wood wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 09:18:17PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> where n is a number that needs to be determined (I think that n could be 3).
>> Well, "negative comments" should also be defined more precisely. ;-)
>
> I think that n should be a function of the number of accepted patches
> that this person sent in before, and the number of regressions he
> caused in the past.

The character of the patch (potential impacts, size...) and availability
of reviewers and testers influence the required review time so much that
other factors, like reputation of the submitter, hardly matter.

So we need a bug/regression/patch tracking system based on MMORPG game ;)

Regards,
Michal

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