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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 11:45:07 -0500
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel
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On 12/6/05, Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> QA has to happen at all levels if it is supposed to be affordable or
> scalable. The development process was scaled up, but QA wasn't.
>
> How about the Signed-off-by: lines? Those people who pass on the changes
> also pass on the bugs, and they are responsible for the code - not only
> license-wise, but also quality-wise. That's the latest point where
> regression tests MUST happen.

People who pass the changes can only test ones they have hardware for.
For the rest they can try to validate the code by reading patches but
have to rely on the submitter wrt to the patch actually working.

--
Dmitry
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