linux-kernel - Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!

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Message-ID: <4818DAC4.0@isomerica.net>
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:47:00 -0400
From:	Dan Noe <dpn@...merica.net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jirislaby@...il.com
Subject: Re: Slow DOWN, please!!!

On 4/30/2008 16:31, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> <jumps up and down>
>>
>> There should be nothing in 2.6.x-rc1 which wasn't in 2.6.x-mm1!
> 
> The problem I see with both -mm and linux-next is that they tend to be 
> better at finding the "physical conflict" kind of issues (ie the merge 
> itself fails) than the "code looks ok but doesn't actually work" kind of 
> issue.
> 
> Why?
> 
> The tester base is simply too small.
> 
> Now, if *that* could be improved, that would be wonderful, but I'm not 
> seeing it as very likely.

Perhaps we should be clear and simple about what potential testers 
should be running at any given point in time.  With -mm, linux-next, 
linux-2.6, etc, as a newcomer I find it difficult to know where my 
testing time and energy is best directed.

Is linux-next the right thing to be running at this point?  Is there a 
need for testing in a particular tree (netdev, x86, etc)?

Cheers,
Dan

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