Eclipse 3.x branch quality stats

I must apologize - last numbers were created from bogus queries which included only still opened bugs, not all created bugs in a specific period of time. So I hope the last update on statistics. The e4 numbers are not looking shockingly anymore, if not say that they are looking much better.

I love what Sir Winston Churchill said once: “I only believe in statistics that I doctored myself”.

So here is another data series as requested by readers: how the recent 4.2 release (I'm talking about platform UI only) looks like compared with other releases 3 month after the release date? I only count newly created bugs here and only for 3.x stream, as the 2.x wasn't delivered on a yearly base and the user base was definitely too small compared with 3.x.

First 3 months of 3.0 platform UI: 573 bugs created (58 still open).

First 3 months of 3.1 platform UI: 499 bugs created (103 still open).

First 3 months of 3.2 platform UI: 522 bugs created (97 still open).  

 First 3 months of 3.3 platform UI: 418 bugs created (102 still open).  

First 3 months of 3.4 platform UI: 325 bugs created (90 still open).  

First 3 months of 3.5 platform UI: 240 bugs created (82 still open).  

First 3 months of 3.6 platform UI: 174 bugs created (68 still open).  

First 3 months of 3.7 platform UI: 269 bugs created (98 still open).  

First 3 months of 3.8+4.2 platform UI: 346 bugs created (205 still open).  

First 3 months of 4.2 platform UI + e4 UI (without 3.8): (310 bugs created + 54 for e4) = 364 (182 + 11 = 193 still open).  

So the bug counts for 4.2 looks now similar to first 3 months of 3.1 - 3.3 releases. Between 3.0 and 3.2 new bug rate was extremely high but 3.3 managed to improve the situation and new bug rate declined constantly until 3.6. Since 3.6 the new bug rate is steadily increasing. e4 didn't changed much on the increasing bug rate trend started with 3.6.

P.S. 

For those who proposed I should start contribute to Eclipse instead of looking on bug statistics - please let me decide what I should do in my free time. Some play Nintendo, some read books, some collect funny car plates, some bug counts.

I'm not paid to work for Eclipse, and so I think I do enough already for it (besides contributing to my own Eclipse projects). Finally, as a mathematician, why I shouldn't have fun with numbers?

P.P.S

In Germany 4.2 quality software is called "Bananaware" - the software which is similar to bananas harvested in a green state with the hope that it will became yellow when delivered to customers. This is unfortunately the problem with the entire IT industry today, nothing specific to Eclipse. However what still drives me mad is that 3.8 is not promoted in any way as a better alternative to the green bananas. Resolved wontfix?!? I feel this is not honest and a sign of a disrespect to the customers.

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