linux-kernel - Re: RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies

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Message-Id: <20080501011346.522f9846.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 1 May 2008 01:13:46 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jirislaby@...il.com,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: starting a kernel-testers group for newbies

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:03:38 -0700 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:

> > First of all:
> > I 100% agree with Andrew that our biggest problems are in reviewing
> > code and resolving bugs, not in finding bugs (we already have far too
> > many unresolved bugs).
> 
> I would argue instead that we don't know which bugs to fix first.

<boggle>

How about "a bug which we just added"?  One which is repeatable. 
Repeatable by a tester who is prepared to work with us on resolving it. 
Those bugs.

Rafael has a list of them.  We release kernels when that list still has tens of
unfixed regressions dating back up to a couple of months.

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