Re: real BK usage (was: A modest proposal -- We need a patch penguin)

Jeff Garzik
2002-01-31T19:01:30Z

On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 09:11:10AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:
> This thread has been about the idea of being able to send any one of those
> changes out in isolation, right? That's the problem we are solving. But
> your statement is that you want to test them all at once, testing them one
> at a time is too much work.

Maybe, maybe not. When hacking on filesystems I try to produce
"viro-style" patches, which are a series of patches, each containing
a single transformation. Each one is tested in isolation in addition to
the final product. Extremely useful for nipping problems in the bud
sooner rather than later.

Jeff