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Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:05:42 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@...il.com>, Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21 On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 04:40:31PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >... > What's the difference between bugzilla and lkml.org? Both have search > buttons. Both archive the old stuff. Both can be pointed to. Mailing lists don't track bugs. The _only_ reason why I originally started regression lists was because several kernel developers were spreading the fairy tale "noone tests -rc kernels". This was only possible because so many bug reports to linux-kernel never get any reply, and are therefore lost. After I started the regression lists, it suddenly turned out how many people test -rc kernels, and that even with regression lists at least weekly, it still often took weeks ontil some developer even started debugging a regression. So what's the difference between bugzilla and lkml.org? In Bugzilla we are able to see how bad our bug handling is... > Linus cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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