Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750876AbVLGL3Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 06:29:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750890AbVLGL3Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 06:29:16 -0500 Received: from krusty.dt.E-Technik.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.163.1]:29925 "EHLO mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750876AbVLGL3Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 06:29:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:29:09 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20051207112909.GA4012@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051203135608.GJ31395@stusta.de> <1133620264.2171.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051203193538.GM31395@stusta.de> <1133639835.16836.24.camel@mindpipe> <20051203225815.GH25722@merlin.emma.line.org> <87y82z5kep.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <1133816764.9356.72.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <87mzjf2gxs.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <20051206112127.GE10574@merlin.emma.line.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1128 Lines: 26 On Tue, 06 Dec 2005, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On 12/6/05, Matthias Andree 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. What I'm saying is that people (maintainer) should have a selected number of people (users) test the patches before they are merged. -- Matthias Andree - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/