Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 21:49:19 GMT From: Philip Koopman <koopman@cmu.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Where do I send a large bug list? Message-ID: <34c3a6c9.102352448@globe.edrc.cmu.edu>
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Greetings, I'm not really sure wehere to send this, so I'm taking a shot at this e-mail address based on a web page pointer... I am an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. As part of my research I have generated a rather extensive list of robustness bugs for a number of commercial operating systems as well as FreeBSD. (We're talking 20,000 of bugs scattered throughout about half the POSIX functions we tested, although it would be no surprise if there are far fewer software defects that are actually root causes). You can get an idea of my research from http://www.ices.cmu.edu/ballista -- although the information at that web site is not the latest and greatest. Because this is unpublished data, and because of the large volume of data involved, it is probably not a smart idea (and I don't have the time) to just submit a huge pile of bug reports when I publish the final data. Additionally, I am willing to extend to you the courtesy of giving you access to the information before my research results are published. But, in exchange, I request a simple promise that you won't publish the data before I do. What I'd like from this e-mail exchange is a name, title, and address of someone to whom I can send a U.S. Mail letter that describes my data and formalizes my offer to share it with you. I'm not concerned with legal formalities -- I just want the people involved to understand that this information is to be treated with appropriate care. Can we work something out? Best regards, -- Phil Phil Koopman -- koopman@cmu.edu -- http://www.ece.cmu.edu/koopman
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