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Message-Id: <200805011441.07286.rjw@sisk.pl> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:41:05 +0200 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> Subject: Re: Slow DOWN, please!!! On Wednesday, 30 of April 2008, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 1 May 2008 13:38:33 +0200 > "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl> wrote: > > > BTW, we seem to underestimate testing in this discussion. In fact, > > the vast majority of kernel bugs are discovered by testing, so > > perhaps the way to go is to make regular testing of the new code a > > part of the process. > > well.. -rc1 to -rc8 are doing that already, somewhat. Somewhat. > Can we do better? Always. The more testing the better, and the more > testers the better. The testing is not really a part of the process right now, though. We somehow hope that the kernel will be tested sufficiently before a major release, but we don't measure the testing coverage, for example. Of course, that will involve more work independent of the code writing, but at one point it'll just become a necessity. Thanks, Rafael -- 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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