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Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue
To: stano@meduna.org (Stanislav Meduna)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> "it works/does not work for me" is not testing. Testing
> is _actively_ trying to break things, _very_ preferably
> by another person that wrote the code and to do it
> in documentable and reproducible way. I don't see many
> people doing it.

If you want a high quality, tested supported kernel which has been through
extensive QA then use kernel for a reputable vendor, or do the QA work
yourself or with other people. We have kernel janitors, so why not kernel QA
projects ?

However you'll need a lot of time, a lot of hardware and a lot of attention
to procedure

Alan
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