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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 18:10:48 +0200
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Subject: Re: Planned changes for bugzilla.kernel.org to reduce the "Bugzilla blues"
To:     "Artem S. Tashkinov" <aros@gmx.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
        Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
        workflows@vger.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
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On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 6:08 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 2:49 PM Artem S. Tashkinov <aros@gmx.com> wrote:
> > The current ill-maintained semi-functional bugzilla has proven to be a
> > ton more useful than random mailing lists no sane person can keep track
> > of. Bug "reports", i.e. random emails are neglected and forgotten. LKML
> > is the worst of them probably.
>
> Such a statement really needs to be backed by numbers...
>
> > Let's operate with some examples:
> >
> > Bugzilla gets around two dozen bug reports weekly which encompass at
> > most thirty emails, which equals to four emails daily on average.
>
> This immediately debunks your statement above.
>
> $ git log v5.19..linus/master | grep Fixes: | wc -l
> 2928

Sorry, this was using my grep = `grep --color=tty -i' alias.
But that caused less than 100 false-positives, thus has no impact
on the point I'm trying to make.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds