Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Oleg Verych
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:44:39AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: [] > >That's wrong if developers are tending to reply only one thing -- > >git-bisect. > > > >If things are going to be that bad, then better to start dealing with the > >cause, not conseque

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread david
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Oleg Verych wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:22:26PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: On 17/06/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +If the patch introduces a new regression and this

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 04:24:30PM +0200, Oleg Verych wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:13:39PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Sunday, 17 June 2007 13:47, Oleg Verych wrote: > [] > > > It's OK _only_ in case of unknown, hard to find *hardware* bugs. > > > > > > If you think it's "a good

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Oleg Verych
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 02:13:39PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Sunday, 17 June 2007 13:47, Oleg Verych wrote: [] > > It's OK _only_ in case of unknown, hard to find *hardware* bugs. > > > > If you think it's "a good thing" for bad, untested by developer > > code, then something is complet

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Stefan Richter
Michal Piotrowski wrote: > "choose minor evil to prevent a greater one" The measurement of "evil" is subjective. That's why there are releases with known regressions. -- Stefan Richter -=-=-=== -==- =---= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linu

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Michal Piotrowski
On 17/06/07, Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 11:41:36AM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > Hi all, > > Adrian Bunk pisze: >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:23:25PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> ... >>> [Adrian, I'm not saying "too few users run -rc kernels", I'm sayin

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 11:41:36AM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > Hi all, > > Adrian Bunk pisze: >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:23:25PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> ... >>> [Adrian, I'm not saying "too few users run -rc kernels", I'm saying "too >>> few FireWire driver users run -rc kernels".

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Sunday, 17 June 2007 13:47, Oleg Verych wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:22:26PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > > On 17/06/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> +If the patch intr

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Sunday, 17 June 2007 12:22, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > On 17/06/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > +If the patch introduces a new regression and this regression was not > > > fixed > > >

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Oleg Verych
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 12:22:26PM +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote: > On 17/06/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> +If the patch introduces a new regression and this regression was not > >fixed

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Michal Piotrowski
On 17/06/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +If the patch introduces a new regression and this regression was not fixed > +in seven days, then the patch will be reverted. Those regressions where we know

Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Andrew Morton
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +If the patch introduces a new regression and this regression was not fixed > +in seven days, then the patch will be reverted. Those regressions where we know which patch caused them are the easy ones. Often we don'

[PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

2007-06-17 Thread Michal Piotrowski
Hi all, Adrian Bunk pisze: On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 02:23:25PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: ... [Adrian, I'm not saying "too few users run -rc kernels", I'm saying "too few FireWire driver users run -rc kernels".] Getting more people testing -rc kernels might be possible, and I don't think it