From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754450AbXD2AFc (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:05:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754454AbXD2AFc (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:05:32 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:37667 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754450AbXD2AFb (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:05:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 02:05:42 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Markus Rechberger , Diego Calleja , Chuck Ebbert , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21 Message-ID: <20070429000542.GH3468@stusta.de> References: <4630DB24.4030005@redhat.com> <20070426201325.8a1ebda3.diegocg@gmail.com> <20070426224148.69b91b2e.diegocg@gmail.com> <20070428195320.GZ3468@stusta.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 04:40:31PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >... > What's the difference between bugzilla and lkml.org? Both have search > buttons. Both archive the old stuff. Both can be pointed to. Mailing lists don't track bugs. The _only_ reason why I originally started regression lists was because several kernel developers were spreading the fairy tale "noone tests -rc kernels". This was only possible because so many bug reports to linux-kernel never get any reply, and are therefore lost. After I started the regression lists, it suddenly turned out how many people test -rc kernels, and that even with regression lists at least weekly, it still often took weeks ontil some developer even started debugging a regression. So what's the difference between bugzilla and lkml.org? In Bugzilla we are able to see how bad our bug handling is... > Linus cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed