Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:16:45 -0600 | From | "Ray Van Tassle-CRV004" <> | Subject | RE: too much untested code in new kernels |
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>> rvt said: >> Actually, I'd rather see Linus flat-out reject a patch that resulted >> in a bad compile. Agreed, there is no way to verify that it has >> been tested--but what can one do about that? > >mec said: > Oh -- I was not clear! Yes, I would like Linus to reject such patches, > too. > > For the testing part, Linus could require patch submitters to say how > much they have tested their code and how many other people have tested > it. Then he would use his own judgement about if that is good enough or > to reject the patch for more testing. > > For people like you and me, we would simply continue to be early > adopters some times, and to hang back and watch linux-kernel-digest > other times. But the early adopters would get bad software significantly > less often so this would increase the # of early adopters. > > Regards, > > Michael Chastain mec@shout.net "love without fear"
Ok, that makes two votes!
Regards, Ray
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