[parisc-linux] Re: OK, let's try cleaning up another nit. Is anyone paying attention?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
> > Even supposing that's so, a 36% rate of broken symbols is way too high. 
> > It argues that we need to do a thorough housecleaning at least once in
> > order to get back to an acceptably low stable rate.
> 
> Many of your 'broken' symbols arent. We have no idea what the real amount is

If it can't be mechanically verified that the symbol has a correct reference 
pattern within the tree, then it's broken.  That's a definition.

The fact that it might become un-broken someday, by somebody's
intention to merge in future code, is interesting but irrelevant to
the fact that symbols broken in present time *mask bugs* in present time.

I'm not being a compulsive neatnik -- that wouldn't be worth my time.  What I'm
trying to do is reduce the number of crevices in which bugs can hide.
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