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Date:	Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:32:27 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: 2.6.32-rc1-git2: Reported regressions from 2.6.31

On Friday 02 October 2009, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Jaswinder Singh Rajput wrote:
> > If you add one more entry say "Suspected commit :" then it will be great
> > and will solve regressions much faster.
> 
> Will?  Might.

In fact I add the "First-Bad-Commit" annotation where there is a bisection
result or it's possible to fix things by reverting a specific commit.

> > You can request submitter to
> > submit 'suspected commit' by git bisect and also specify git bisect
> > links like : (for more information about git bisect check
> > http://kerneltrap.org/node/11753)
> 
> I disagree.  A reporter should only be asked to bisect (using git or
> other tools) /if/ a developer determined that bisection may speed up the
> debugging process or is the only remaining option to make progress with
> a bug.
> 
> It would be wrong to steal a reporter's valuable time by asking for
> bisection before anybody familiar with the matter even had a first look
> at the report.

Agreed.

Thanks,
Rafael
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