Countdown to Squeeze at Robert Pogson

I am excited about the progress the Debian GNU/Linux developers are making in their bug count. I am collecting data from http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ in order to estimate the date of arrival (zero bugs!). I set up a spreadsheet with a least-squares fit to a line. In the first few days, the arrival date jumped around from Aug 1 to Nov 1. I will update this post as the situation develops.

   Date    Bug-count  Extrapolation
2010-05-01	584	582
2010-05-02	582	580
2010-05-03	571	578
2010-05-04	576	577
2010-05-05	579	575
2011-04-29		0

The average daily rate of drop in bug-count based on current release-critical bugs is 3 to 6 bugs per day. The data looks like there is a defacto freeze in place if not an official one. I suspect developers will try not to introduce new stuff from now on so that the bugs will float to the top and be disposed.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.