Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 17:00:23 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Philip Koopman <koopman@cmu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where do I send a large bug list? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980106165617.27898E-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <34c3a6c9.102352448@globe.edrc.cmu.edu>
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On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Philip Koopman wrote: # # 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 # # Because this is unpublished data, and because of the large volume of # data involved, it is probably not a smart idea (and I don't have the # time) to just submit a huge pile of bug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? My name is Steve Price and I am the gnats-meister for FreeBSD; ie. I get the pleasure maintaining the bug database. I would love to see your list. As for a title (other than the above), this is a volunteer project and only a select few people on the -core team have a title and most of those are self-inflicted. :) Steve # Best regards, # -- Phil # # # Phil Koopman -- koopman@cmu.edu -- http://www.ece.cmu.edu/koopman #
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