> These smell like the kind of metrics that cause someone to feel informed and then to miss the forest for the trees. The kind of data for a "data driven" decision maker who will just invent a narrative to explain the numbers, and then do what they wanted to do all along.
> We need to increase reliability in the kernel, so the kernel team should fire the top 5 bug-introducers, to reduce the amount of bugs being introduced (https://pebblebed.com/blog/kernel-bugs-part2/05_author_analy...). Linus has got to go.
You've cut bugs being introduced while also reducing development costs by slashing team size. You deserve a promotion and an increase in equity.
We need to increase reliability in the kernel, so the kernel team should fire the top 5 bug-introducers, to reduce the amount of bugs being introduced (https://pebblebed.com/blog/kernel-bugs-part2/05_author_analy...). Linus has got to go.