Why was a kernel-2.6.34 pushed to updates that had un-addressed bugs.
drago01
drago01 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 2 12:21:27 UTC 2010
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Dennis J. <dennisml at conversis.de> wrote:
> 2. Regressions can be easier to fix because you have a "known to work" case
> you can use as a comparison. If bugs could be flagged as regression then
> developers you potentially look at these first right after the regressions
> occurred and probably identify the reason for the regression right away.
It isn't that easy as you make it sound (especially for the kernel).
It can up to need a git bisect but that requires being able to
reproduce said bug (which might require hardware that the maintainer
does not have).
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