Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: Slow DOWN, please!!! | Date | Thu, 1 May 2008 16:06:59 +0200 |
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On Thursday, 1 of May 2008, Stefan Richter wrote: > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > And what do you think is happening _after_ the merge window closes, when > > we're supposed to be fixing bugs? People work on new code. > > That's not correct. People work on new code before, during, and after > the merge window. They also fix bugs before, during, and after it.
I'm not quite sure if really all of them do. Well, I should have said "some people" instead of just "poeple" to be fair.
> > And, in fact, they have to, if they want to be ready for the next merge > > window. > > To be ready for the next merge window just means to know which code is > sufficiently reviewed and tested, and to have it queued up and if > necessary synchronized with other pending code.
Of course it _should_ mean that, but the fact is unreviewed and untested patches are pushed to Linus, at least from time to time. [Even some known broken patches were pushed to Linus in the past, but we can't prevent that from happening by any process changes.]
Thanks, Rafael
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