Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762034AbXKMUBb (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:01:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759663AbXKMUBV (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:01:21 -0500 Received: from ns2.g-housing.de ([81.169.133.75]:45086 "EHLO mail.g-house.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759104AbXKMUBU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:01:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:00:30 +0100 (CET) From: Christian Kujau X-X-Sender: evil@sheep.housecafe.de To: Andrew Morton cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs In-Reply-To: <20071113110259.44c56d42.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Message-ID: References: <20071113034916.2556edd7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071113.035824.40509981.davem@davemloft.net> <20071113041259.79c9a8c5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071113.043207.44732743.davem@davemloft.net> <20071113110259.44c56d42.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 924 Lines: 23 On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > I think that we're fairly good about working the regressions in > Adrian/Michal/Rafael's lists but once Linus releases 2.6.x we tend to let > the unsolved ones slide, and we don't pay as much attention to the > regressions which 2.6.x testers report. Can't we wait until all regressions[0] are fixed before releasing a new 2.6.x? I'd consider regressions a *literal* show stopper, and with this policy they just have be fixed, nothing would "slide"... my 2 cents, Christian. [0] preferably only reproducible regressions, with responsive reporters. -- BOFH excuse #380: Operators killed when huge stack of backup tapes fell over. - 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/