Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 24 Jul 2005 20:45:16 +0200 | From | Martin MOKREJŠ <> | Subject | Re: Giving developers clue how many testers verified certain kernel version |
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Hi Adrian, well, the idea was to give you a clue how many people did NOT complain because it either worked or they did not realize/care. The goal was different. For example, I have 2 computers and both need current acpi patch to work fine. I went to bugzilla and found nobody has filed such bugs before - so I did and said it is already fixed in current acpi patch. But you'd never know that I tested that successfully. And I don't believe to get emails from lkml that I installed a patch and it did not break anything. I hope you get the idea now. ;) Martin
Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 03:34:09AM +0200, Martin MOKREJ? wrote: > > >>Hi, > > > Hi Martin, > > >> I think the discussion going on here in another thread about lack >>of positive information on how many testers successfully tested certain >>kernel version can be easily solved with real solution. >> >> How about opening separate "project" in bugzilla.kernel.org named >>kernel-testers or whatever, where whenever cvs/svn/bk gatekeepers >>would release some kernel patch, would open an empty "bugreport" >>for that version, say for 2.6.13-rc3-git4. >> >> Anybody willing to join the crew who cared to download the patch >>and tested the kernel would post just a single comment/follow-up >>to _that_ "bugreport" with either "positive" rating or URL >>of his own bugreport with some new bug. When the bug get's closed >>it would be immediately obvious in the 2.6.13-rc3-git4 bug ticket >>as that bug will be striked-through as closed. >> >> Then, we could easily just browse through and see that 2.6.13-rc2 >>was tested by 33 fellows while 3 of them found a problem and 2 such >>problems were closed since then. >>... > > > most likely, only a small minory of the people downloading a patch would > register at such a "project". > > The important part of the work, the bug reports, can already today go to > lnux-kernel and/or the Bugzilla. > > You'd spend efforts for such a "project" that would only produce some > numbers of questionable value. > > >>Martin > > > cu > Adrian >
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