Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:01:06 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: real BK usage (was: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin) |
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: > This thread has been about the idea of being able to send any one of those > changes out in isolation, right? That's the problem we are solving. But > your statement is that you want to test them all at once, testing them one > at a time is too much work.
Maybe, maybe not. When hacking on filesystems I try to produce "viro-style" patches, which are a series of patches, each containing a single transformation. Each one is tested in isolation in addition to the final product. Extremely useful for nipping problems in the bud sooner rather than later.
Jeff
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