[SystemSafety] Another unbelievable failure (file system overflow)

[Heath Raftery]

On 28/05/2015 12:25 AM, Roberto Bagnara wrote:
> According to
>
>    http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2015/20150526-software-glitch-pauses-ls-test.html
>
>      "As more beacons are transmitted, the file grows in size. When it
>       reaches 32 megabytes—roughly the size of ten compressed music
>       files—it can crash the flight system. The manufacturer of the
>       avionics board corrected this glitch in later software
>       revisions. But alas, LightSail's software version doesn't include
>       the update."
>
> OK, LightSail is a sort of amateur project, but still I have a hard
> time believing such things can happen in 2015.

Interesting one Roberto. I for one, can imagine it happening in a 
resource strapped small company:

Programmer: "Got that bloody file system driver working. Had to hack 
some crap together to figure out where the problem is, but I figured it 
out so I'll just go back and take out the nonsense."
Manager: "It's working right? We have to ship!"
Programmer: "It's working now, but it's very suspect."
Manager: "Good, it's working. Ship now. We'll do whatever polishing you 
want in version 2."
Programmer: "Sigh. The proverbial 'version 2' that never comes..."

Heath