linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc4-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.23

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Date:	Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:51:23 -0800
From:	"Ray Lee" <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Tejun Heo" <htejun@...il.com>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc4-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.23

On Dec 9, 2007 2:01 PM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > Btw, Alan, that "math" is total and utter BULLSH*T, and you should know
> > that.
>
> To blindly argue regressions are critical is sometimes (as in this case)
> to argue that "this freeway is no longer compatible with a horse and
> cart" means the freeway should be turned back into a dirt road.

Honest question: If you allow regressions, then how does one guarantee
forward progress? (If it were a finite set of systems, all within one
group's control, then the answer is simple: count how many work.
However, in this case we only have a statistical sampling available to
us.)

Ray
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