From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 20:12:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C2C16A41B for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:12:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5AC13C45D for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:12:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JDQF2-0004GK-6P for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:12:36 +0000 Received: from 78-1-116-131.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.116.131]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:12:36 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-116-131.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:12:36 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:12:27 +0100 Lines: 46 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig14A246A22C6231A0328C3E14" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-116-131.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news Subject: Coverity problems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:12:41 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig14A246A22C6231A0328C3E14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I got a link to this article via ACM TechNews:=20 http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D205600= 229&%0Acid=3DRSSfeed_IWK_All """ Linux came in with far fewer defects than average as did a number of=20 other open source projects. The version 2.6 of the Linux kernel had a=20 security bug rate of .127 per thousand lines of code. The kernel scan=20 covered 3,639,322 lines of code. As exposures were identified by=20 repeated scans, 452 defects have been fixed by kernel developers; 48=20 have been verified but not yet fixed; another 413 remain to be verified=20 and fixed, according to code scanning results posted on the Coverity Web = site. FreeBSD, sometimes posed as an alternative to Linux, has been slower to=20 respond to the Coverity scans. In 1,582,166 lines of code, it has fixed=20 zero defects, verified six and has another 605 to go. """ These numbers seem strange and out of proportion. I know there has been=20 prior cooperation with Coverity - is this just old data? --------------enig14A246A22C6231A0328C3E14 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHh82rldnAQVacBcgRAuI6AJ9Oz82EwzDaqUqF+Vc5nYSIvhRKUQCfaroR rRuXNtbbtX9nS6mctk0yGGU= =MiZF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig14A246A22C6231A0328C3E14--