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Yes, the "many eyeballs" is a part of it. But I think the author's point is that they are only half. The other half is someone has to trip over the bug. That is
by scott_s 12y ago
Yes, the "many eyeballs" is a part of it. But I think the author's point is that they are only half. The other half is someone has to trip over the bug. That is, people aren't finding these bugs purely through reading the source code.
- gordaco 12y agoThere is a huge difference between a code review and the specific search for the cause of a known, defined bug. Should we rephrase Linus' law as "given enough eyeballs, all bugs' causes are shallow"? But maybe that's what the sentence actually meant for the first person that wrote it.