[wellylug] Bugs in Linux kernel?

[Brent Wood]

Apologies for the typo in the original title, my keys keep moving....



--- Jethro Carr <dodocaptain at paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> interesting,
> 
> however it sounds like most of the bugs have been fixed already.

Which may make the Linux kernel one of the most bug free bits of code around?

> 
> but, how are they defining bugs? Are they classifying a bug as a mistake
> which can cause a problem, or a mistake with may theroticly cause a
> problem?

I believe the report itself is available, so you can get that info if you wanna
chase it up...

> 
> (slightly off topic) The only bugs on my linux system which annoy me is
> some in cups, and gnome. And I'm running older versions of the software,
> so an upgrade will proberly fix most of them.

& they are not the kernel, so are not technically bugs in Linux :-)


Cheers