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From: Jeff Garzik <garzik@havoc.gtf.org>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@work.bitmover.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: real BK usage (was: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin)
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:
> This thread has been about the idea of being able to send any one of those
> changes out in isolation, right?  That's the problem we are solving.  But
> your statement is that you want to test them all at once, testing them one
> at a time is too much work.

Maybe, maybe not.  When hacking on filesystems I try to produce
"viro-style" patches, which are a series of patches, each containing
a single transformation.  Each one is tested in isolation in addition to
the final product.  Extremely useful for nipping problems in the bud
sooner rather than later.

	Jeff



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