From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel Subject: Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:24:14 +0100 Message-ID: <20071113222414.GD20167@lazybastard.org> References: <20071113.033946.114918709.davem@davemloft.net> <20071113034916.2556edd7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071113.035824.40509981.davem@davemloft.net> <20071113041259.79c9a8c5.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071113134029.GA30978@elte.hu> <4739AFE0.20705@rtr.ca> <20071113193750.GD1356@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <473A067F.3090007@rtr.ca> <20071113213358.GC20167@lazybastard.org> <20071113135658.5c9ac7ba.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071113135658.5c9ac7ba.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: =?utf-8?B?SsO2cm4=?= Engel , Mark Lord , Ingo Molnar , alsa-devel@alsa-project.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, protasnb@gmail.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, linux-input@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, David Miller List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 13 November 2007 13:56:58 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: >=20 > It's relatively common that a regression in subsystem A will manifest= as a > failure in subsystem B, and the report initially lands on the desk of= the > subsystem B developers. >=20 > But that's OK. The subsystem B people are the ones with the expertis= e to > be able to work out where the bug resides and to help the subsystem A > people understand what went wrong. >=20 > Alas, sometimes the B people will just roll eyes and do nothing becau= se > they know the problem wasn't in their code. Sometimes. And sometimes the A people will ignore the B people after the root caus= e has been worked out. Do you have a good idea how to shame A into action? Should I put you on Cc:? Right now I'm in the eye-rolling phase. J=C3=B6rn --=20 The cost of changing business rules is much more expensive for software than for a secretaty. -- unknown