Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:16:09 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight |
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Randy Dunlap wrote: > but Tested-by: doesn't have to involve any "actually looking at/reading > the patch." Right? > > IOW, the patch could be ugly as sin but it works... >
Sure, absolutely. I never said its a substitute for review. An ugly working patch is useful, because its the raw material for a nice working patch. A nice non-working patch can be framed and admired from a distance, but it isn't terribly useful.
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