Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:46:04 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans |
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On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:33:41PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > >One of the things that I think the current model has excelled at is how it > >really changed peoples behaviour, simply because they knew and understood > >the rules. > > > >I think the "big merges in the first two weeks, and a -rc1 after, and no > >new code after that" rule has been working because it brought everybody in > >on the same page. > > > I definitely agree with all that. > > I simply argue that, the more time that passes between releases, the > MORE BUGS that appear in the next release. > > After -rc1, you reach a point of diminishing returns where users don't > re-test Release Candidates, developers move on to new code rather than > fix bugs, and we all move into a limbo where 2.6.X-rcY doesn't see much > activity, but the huge "merge snowball" in -mm builds and builds and builds.
This "there is not enough testing by users" is simply not true:
Even the kernel Bugzilla that contains only a small subset of all bug reports contains 78 (sic) open bugs reported against 2.6.18-rc kernels [1].
Not all of them are regressions, but this shows that users are testing -rc kernels and reporting bugs.
> As an aside, if a release is getting held up by some key bugs or > regressions, I think it's more than fair for Andrew to loudly shame said > developers into action. "The following nincompoops are holding up the > release: Jeff Garzik [bug #1222, #3391], Greg KH [bug #9987, #4418], ..." > > Jeff
cu Adrian
[1] including bugs reported against 2.6.18-rc?-mm? and 2.6.18-rc?-git*
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