Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 19:27:11 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, dm@globalserve.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFS - Will it ever be fixed? Message-ID: <199903230327.TAA26842@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903221915490.423-100000@picnic.mat.net> <199903230317.TAA26706@apollo.backplane.com> <19990322212038.A1038@Denninger.Net>
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:Sure it is Matt.
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:Contingent contract, payable only on final delivery of the fixes.
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:No fix, no pay, and put a timeline on the job.
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:Someone who knows the code well enough to be able to commit to doing this
:should also be willing to take that gig. Its a short-term consulting
:contract anyway - why not do it this way?
For some jobs, this would be reasonable. For NFS, there is virtually
no way to prove out the fixes.
I've been messing with NFS for the last month. I have a
machine dedicated to running test scripts virtually 24 hours a day.
The first test script caught 3 bugs. The second test script caught
another bug, the third test script caught three more bugs.
The first test script did not catch any of the bugs #2 and #3 scripts
caught.
So what happens when the guy we hire finds and fixes 6 serious bugs,
but 4 more pop out of the wood work a month later ?
I could go on.
:Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Web: fathers.denninger.net
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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