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From"Rafael J. Wysocki" <>
SubjectRe: Slow DOWN, please!!!
DateThu, 1 May 2008 16:06:59 +0200
On Thursday, 1 of May 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > And what do you think is happening _after_ the merge window closes, when
> > we're supposed to be fixing bugs?  People work on new code.
> 
> That's not correct.  People work on new code before, during, and after 
> the merge window.  They also fix bugs before, during, and after it.

I'm not quite sure if really all of them do.  Well, I should have said "some
people" instead of just "poeple" to be fair.

> > And, in fact, they have to, if they want to be ready for the next merge
> > window.
> 
> To be ready for the next merge window just means to know which code is 
> sufficiently reviewed and tested, and to have it queued up and if 
> necessary synchronized with other pending code.

Of course it _should_ mean that, but the fact is unreviewed and untested
patches are pushed to Linus, at least from time to time.  [Even some known
broken patches were pushed to Linus in the past, but we can't prevent that from
happening by any process changes.]

Thanks,
Rafael


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