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Message-ID: <2c0942db0712091451sb1bb421vd3149f23791361c7@mail.gmail.com> 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 -- 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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