linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

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Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:55:52 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Diego Calleja <diegocg@...il.com>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]  (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21))

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com> 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't know which patch (or even which subsystem merge) is at
fault.

I think.  How many of the present 2.6.22-rc regressions which you're
presently tracking have such a well-identified cause?
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