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

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Message-ID: <6bffcb0e0706170322j3c51868fn6189bfd7d3bcac1@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:22:26 +0200
From:	"Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
To:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
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 17/06/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 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?
>

Here lays the problem.

git-bisect is a killer app, people should start using it.

Regards,
Michal

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