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> From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
> Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>, kfogel@red-bean.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:23:39 -0400
> 
> Many of the unfixed bugs are "long tail" problems that are rather
> difficult to find and/or fix.

This observation should be backed up by some numbers.  Do we know for
a fact that a significant proportion of unfixed bugs belong to this
category?