> Though I disagree with the research in general, if you did want to research "hypocrite commits" in an actual OSS setting, there isn't really any other way to do it other than actually introducing bugs per their proposal.
they could've done the much harder work of studying all of the incoming patches looking for bugs, and then just not reporting their findings until the kernel team accepts the patch.
the kernel has a steady stream of incoming patches, and surely a number of bugs in them to work with.
yeah it would've cost more, but would've also generated significant value for the kernel.
The point of the research isn't to study bugs, it's to study hypocrite commits. Given that a hypocrite commit requires intention, there's no other way except to submit commits yourself as the submitter would obviously know their own intention.
they could've done the much harder work of studying all of the incoming patches looking for bugs, and then just not reporting their findings until the kernel team accepts the patch.
the kernel has a steady stream of incoming patches, and surely a number of bugs in them to work with.
yeah it would've cost more, but would've also generated significant value for the kernel.