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

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Date:	Fri, 2 May 2008 07:58:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...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 Fri, 2 May 2008, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
> But for users this is a recent regression since 2.6.24 worked
> and 2.6.25 does not.

Totally and utterly immaterial.

If it's a timing-related bug, as far as developers are concerned, nothing 
they did introduced the problem.

So anybody who think s that "process" should have caught it is just being 
stupid. 

Adrian, you're one of the absolutely *worst* in the camp of "everything 
should be perfect". You really need to realize that reality is messy, and 
things cannot be pefect.

You also need to realize and *understand* that aiming for "good" is 
actually much BETTER than trying to aim for "perfect".

Perfect is the enemy of good.

			Linus
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