Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.0.4 (and a small patch, d*mn) | Date | Tue, 9 Jul 1996 06:20:44 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> > Dejan Ilic (aka "a bug's worst nightmare") whipped me into shape - I now > > always make sure every file can be compiled correctly using every > > available option. Others should take up this philosophy too. It doesn't > > prevent run-time errors, but it does prevent silly typos. > > -- Andrew E. Mileski > > Hey, Linux has about 90 boolean config options (guessed, not counted). > > If poor Linus has to combine all 2^90 config options (my calculator > can't display that number) and test them, don't you think we would > still be waiting for 0.99.10? > -- Georg v.Zezschwitz
First off, it is _NOT_ Mr. Torvalds's responsibility to test anything. It is the developer's responsibility because Mr. Torvalds - is way too busy already - is not necessarily familiar with your code - probably doesn't have the required equipment
Secondly, only the config options in the file(s) you are working on need to be tested (for compile-time errors). Run-time errors are a completely different matter, and are impossible to exhaustively check in most cases (in other words, do your best).
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net My home page http://www.redhat.com/~aem/ Linux Plug-and-Play Project Leader. See URL http://www.redhat.com/pnp/
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