Subject: Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption
To: reiser@namesys.com (Hans Reiser)
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:10:29 +0100 (BST)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), "pcg( Marc)"@goof.com (A. Lehmann),
        menion@srci.iwpsd.org (Joshua Schmidlkofer),
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (kernel)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> By the way, how about considering the use of tests before redhat coders put stuff in the linux
> kernel?  You know, if VFS changes actually got tested before users encountered things like Viro
> breaking ReiserFS in 2.4.5, it would be nice.
> At Namesys, like all normal software shops, we actually run a test suite before shipping code
> externally.  We usually try to require that it be tested by at least one person in addition to the
> code author.

*PLONK*

No doubt if Namesys ran test suites all the tail merging bug fiasco and the
directory/tree balance races wouldnt have happened.
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