Messages in this thread | | | From | Martin Steigerwald <> | Subject | Re: stable? quality assurance? | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:30:06 +0200 |
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Am Dienstag 13 Juli 2010 schrieb Stefan Richter: > ... > > > Is the Linux kernel development really in balance with feature work > > and stabilization work? Currently at least from my personal > > perception it is not. Development goes that fast - can you all cope > > with that speed? Maybe its just time to slow it down a bit? > > If those who added the regressions are found out and asked to debug and > fix them, the balance should be corrected and perhaps more precautions > being taken in the future. Alas, finding the point in history at which > the kernel regressed might take a lot more time than to actually fix it > then. In that case, maybe give the author of the bug an estimate of > the volunteered hours that were spent on reporting this bug, to put > the repercussions into it into perspective. OTOH I suspect a lack of > responsibility at the developers is not so much an issue here, more so > that the number of people who take the time for -rc tests (not to > mention linux-next tests) and to file reports is rather low. Plus, a > good bug report often requires experience or good intuition, besides > patience and rigor. > > There were discussions in the past on how more enthusiasts who are > willing and able to test prereleases could be attracted. But maybe > (just maybe) there are more ways in which the developers themselves > could perform more extensive/ more systematic tests.
Well I reported it now, although it contains not nearly as much information on how to reproduce it or any other debug information either. I just did not report it before cause I didn't find the information I can provide very helpful and until yesterday I thought it might just have been these two freezes and thats it. But maybe report it early is better than not to report it at all.
Bug 16376 - random - possibly Radeon DRM KMS related - freezes https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16376
I will look in the logs whether I might have luck and find anything this afternoon when my students learn vi/vim, but I doubt it.
Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |