From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261579AbVGPNyd (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:54:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261616AbVGPNv6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:51:58 -0400 Received: from cpu2485.adsl.bellglobal.com ([207.236.16.208]:58091 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261619AbVGPNvF (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:51:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:45:05 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Mark Gross Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is 2.6.12.2 less stable on my laptop than 2.6.10? Message-ID: <20050715084505.GD1772@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200507140912.22532.mgross@linux.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200507140912.22532.mgross@linux.intel.com> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Why can't I expect SWSusp work better and more reliable from release to > release? Patches welcome. Or employ someone to do swsusp development for you. > Some possible things that could help: > > *Addopt a no-regressions-allowed policy and everthing stops until any > identified regressions (in performance, functionally or stability) is fixed > or the changes are all rolled back. This works really well if in addition > organized pre-flight testing is done before calling a new version number. > You simply cannot rely on ad-hock regression testing and reporting. Its got > too much latency. This would also mean "no development at all". > * assign validation folks that the developer need to appease before changes > are allowed to be accepted into the tree. So... get me someone to test swsusp in each -rc and -mm release... that would help. If you can't provide the manpower, why are you whining? Pavel -- teflon -- maybe it is a trademark, but it should not be.