Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:27:21 +0100 | From | Olaf Hering <> | Subject | Re: quality control |
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On Mon, Feb 06, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> writes: > > > > It's a GIT version of an RC patch for grief's sake! You don't > > seriously expect people to quadruple-check every trivial patch that > > goes into Linus GIT tree before sending it, do you? > > No quadruple check, but every patch going to Linus should get at least > some basic testing and it's definitely suppose to compile at least > in one .config combination.
Right. We have now git-bisect, and it helped me to nail down a few bugs. Just now I track down some scsi or whatever breakage in -rc1. And guess what, not a single compile error so far, with a full featured config! So you guys better send tested patches, via akpm, to keep Linus tree in a reasonable shape.
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