9 Oct
2017
9 Oct
'17
1:03 a.m.
On Mon, 9 Oct 2017 13:58:12 +1300, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'There is a view that because open source software is subject to review by many eyes, all the bugs will be ironed out of it. This is a myth.'
-- source: https://opensource.com/article/17/10/many-eyes
... The less contributors in an area, the less likely they will overlap and therefore the less code review will happen.
That last statement is just a rephrasing of the very “myth” that the article purports to debunk.
Based on my own experience.
Which statement would you say reflects your own experience? * Fewer eyes make fewer bugs shallow (the flipside of many eyes make more bugs shallow) or * Fewer or more eyes make no difference ?