Re: a dedicated list for build error reports?

Fengguang Wu
2012-10-22T08:43:57Z

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:26:18AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > However there are other lots of static check warnings that do need
> > manual check, which are now reported via private emails to Yuanhan and
> > me. If any one is interested in analyzing these possibly false
> > warnings and making bug fixing patches out of them, you'll be warmly
> > welcomed! :-)
>
> If you could send me any Coccinelle warnings with both the report and the
> concerned file, I would be happy to take a look at them, as time permits.

That'd be great. I'll add you to the private CC list for coccinelle
warnings. When you are to do anything about the received private error
report, a simple group reply like "I'll handle this" or "It's a false
warning", plus the fact that we are in different time zone, should be
enough to avoid conflicts between the few people CCed. :)

Thanks,
Fengguang

> > However it also means you'll not see many of the responses from the
> > developers. Since the majority trees are not tied to a mailing list,
> > many reports will become private emails if not CC kernel-janitors.
>
> Personally, I am more interested in just being aware of what is going on,
> but it is a good point that without a mailing list, there is no record of
> the whole exchange, which is probably unfortunate.
>
> julia