Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:51:23 -0800 | From | "Ray Lee" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.24-rc4-git5: Reported regressions from 2.6.23 |
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On Dec 9, 2007 2:01 PM, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > Btw, Alan, that "math" is total and utter BULLSH*T, and you should know > > that. > > To blindly argue regressions are critical is sometimes (as in this case) > to argue that "this freeway is no longer compatible with a horse and > cart" means the freeway should be turned back into a dirt road.
Honest question: If you allow regressions, then how does one guarantee forward progress? (If it were a finite set of systems, all within one group's control, then the answer is simple: count how many work. However, in this case we only have a statistical sampling available to us.)
Ray
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