Bugs fixed and introduced in each kernel release

The following data is part of this article on bug-fix rates in the kernel.

The same data from the plot above appears in tabular form below, in this case going back all the way to the beginning of the Git era.

Version	Fixes		Bugs
	Commits	Tags	Commits	Tags
v2.6.12	0	0	11	368
v2.6.13	0	0	31	50
v2.6.14	0	0	35	46
v2.6.15	0	0	36	43
v2.6.16	0	0	28	32
v2.6.17	0	0	37	42
v2.6.18	0	0	42	50
v2.6.19	0	0	65	100
v2.6.20	0	0	37	54
v2.6.21	0	0	45	67
v2.6.22	0	0	60	98
v2.6.23	0	0	60	69
v2.6.24	0	0	77	94
v2.6.25	0	0	105	124
v2.6.26	0	0	69	91
v2.6.27	0	0	112	173
v2.6.28	0	0	74	94
v2.6.29	0	0	100	120
v2.6.30	0	0	109	144
v2.6.31	0	0	96	116
v2.6.32	0	0	117	150
v2.6.33	0	0	102	119
v2.6.34	0	0	101	124
v2.6.35	0	0	140	258
v2.6.36	0	0	105	128
v2.6.37	0	0	141	183
v2.6.38	0	0	104	151
v2.6.39	0	0	120	146
v3.0	0	0	110	157
v3.1	0	0	134	168
v3.2	0	0	146	197
v3.3	0	0	145	196
v3.4	0	0	149	192
v3.5	0	0	187	238
v3.6	0	0	209	278
v3.7	0	0	238	330
v3.8	0	0	235	301
v3.9	0	0	242	336
v3.10	0	0	277	368
v3.11	0	0	259	378
v3.12	2	2	279	386
v3.13	98	104	330	450
v3.14	108	112	357	460
v3.15	143	143	383	521
v3.16	140	146	397	543
v3.17	158	164	385	507
v3.18	203	209	392	528
v3.19	199	204	455	611
v4.0	229	239	423	595
v4.1	263	272	440	592
v4.2	345	355	655	964
v4.3	350	361	613	924
v4.4	365	380	558	849
v4.5	389	400	624	914
v4.6	427	435	746	1107
v4.7	579	598	662	1001
v4.8	607	628	861	1305
v4.9	744	785	791	1278
v4.10	765	804	772	1217
v4.11	945	991	756	1162
v4.12	853	884	893	1389
v4.13	875	927	793	1210
v4.14	1016	1073	824	1312
v4.15	1135	1201	841	1303
v4.16	1155	1198	812	1222
v4.17	1016	1056	825	1208
v4.18	1053	1088	821	1206
v4.19	1120	1161	871	1351
v4.20	1153	1208	911	1377
v5.0	1165	1222	899	1271
v5.1	1357	1420	866	1223
v5.2	1378	1420	886	1276
v5.3	1398	1458	867	1239
v5.4	1506	1604	866	1353
v5.5	1573	1651	885	1287
v5.6	1472	1548	778	1204
v5.7	1473	1551	866	1256
v5.8	1660	1771	905	1308
v5.9	1602	1700	775	1056
v5.10	1894	2001	830	1210
v5.11	1635	1717	724	1041
v5.12	1690	1740	690	938
v5.13	1886	1976	721	992
v5.14	1787	1872	689	927
v5.15	1564	1667	640	884
v5.16	1933	2031	536	722
v5.17	1827	1918	464	603
v5.18	1885	1993	434	525
v5.19	1820	1903	362	459
v6.0	2021	2112	192	242
v6.1	1410	1479	1	1

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