From: Josh Rehman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Do the tomcat developers use bugzilla? > > At first I was shocked that TC5 has only 15 bugs registered. Then I > looked at the TC4 bugs: only 647, and almost all of them new. > > Should I bother filing any more bugs? Are the TC developers using > another bug system? Are they using any bug system? Speaking of which, > who *is* developing Tomcat these days?
I have spent the best part of the last 3 months working my way through the TC4 bugs, fixing those that need fixing. Ignoring enhancement requests (of which there were 125 at the last count) there are about 570 unresolved bug reports. I am resolving around 10 a week so around this time next year... You, and the others that raise this topic from time to time, might be interested in the following. Based on the bugs resolved to date I would estimate that the breakdown of bugs is as follows: < 1% Significant issues - these get dealt with pretty promptly 10% Invalid bugs from inexperienced users who should have used tomcat-user first 5% Documentation errors/clarifications/issues 10% Real issues but unusual use cases rarely seen by more than one user 10% Totally useless bug reports with no where near enough info to reproduce 20% Duplicates 25% Issues in old versions that have already been fixed 10% Trivial issues (eg javadoc compilation warnings) 5% Spec issues that are outside the control of the tomcat team 5% Things that should actually be enhancement requests Note: The figures above are based on my impression. I haven't done any detailed analysis - to busy fixing bugs ;) Personally, I would love to see the total number of open bugs reduced at an even faster rate. Any offers of help gratefully received. On that note by far the most helpful thing anyone reporting a bug in bugzilla can do is attach a simple war that exhibits the problem. The less time I spend building test apps for bugs, the more time I can spend fixing them. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
