Posted by Robert Cummings on 09/15/05 16:55

On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 08:32, Oliver Grätz wrote:
> Manuel Lemos schrieb:
>
> >>A reference where _I_ have to search is something like a non-answer...
> >
> > If you try searching the bug database for PHP 4 versus PHP 5 opened bug
> > reports you will get your answer.
>
> Same sentence still applies. But OK: PHP4 has 518 open bugs, PHP5 only
> 203. What does this say about the stability of PHP4?
>
> http://bugs.php.net/bugstats.php?phpver=4
> http://bugs.php.net/bugstats.php?phpver=5

Bug count is not necessarily indicative of stability issues. If there
are 100 bugs for a seldom used function and a single bug for a
ubiquitous function then the latter decreases stability more than the
former.

Cheers,
Rob.
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