Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762950AbXFQKEz (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:04:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761453AbXFQJ5Q (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:57:16 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:41912 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761447AbXFQJ5N (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:57:13 -0400 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:55:52 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Michal Piotrowski Cc: Adrian Bunk , Stefan Richter , Oleg Verych , Linus Torvalds , Andi Kleen , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Diego Calleja , Chuck Ebbert , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] (Re: regression tracking (Re: Linux 2.6.21)) Message-Id: <20070617025552.addd1c41.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <467501D0.3090203@googlemail.com> References: <200704291849.23197.rjw@sisk.pl> <20070429173725.GB30248@one.firstfloor.org> <20070615234202.GP3588@stusta.de> <20070616013236.GA16016@flower.upol.cz> <4673D63D.5020804@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20070617004436.GU3588@stusta.de> <467501D0.3090203@googlemail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 745 Lines: 16 On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:41:36 +0200 Michal Piotrowski wrote: > +If the patch introduces a new regression and this regression was not fixed > +in seven days, then the patch will be reverted. Those regressions where we know which patch caused them are the easy ones. Often we don't know which patch (or even which subsystem merge) is at fault. I think. How many of the present 2.6.22-rc regressions which you're presently tracking have such a well-identified cause? - 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/