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SubjectRe: [OT] Linux's growing pains
On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> On 1 Oct 1998 ketil@ii.uib.no wrote:
> > [1] e.g. where only the core teams can commit, and guidelines ensure
> > that only patches that compile are checked in, with intelligent
> > comments.
>
> I hear a lot of things about `automatic compile testing' and such. Apart from
> the zillions of combinations of config options, please note that currently the
> kernel won't compile on most architectures but Intel.

That sounds more like an argument for automatic compile testing than
against. As for config options, people who care about having particular
sets of options should arrange automated test builds for them. Not
something that can be done by Linus himself or the core group, but
something that should be done nonetheless.

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