Re: Who wants to maintain KR list for stable releases? (was Re: nmi_watchdog=2 regression in 2.6.21)

Daniel Walker
2007-08-27T15:20:57Z

On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 13:38 +0200, Michal Piotrowski wrote:
> On 27/08/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:45:02 +0200 Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Daniel Walker pisze:
> > > [snip]
> > > > Have you considered maintaining all the lists in Bugzilla?
> > >
> > > Yes, I have considered it.
> > >
> > > Bugzilla sucks when it comes to tracking things. There is
> > > a regression field, but there are no difference between
> > > 2.6.22 and 2.6.23 regression.
> > >
> > > Most people are reporting bugs through LKML:
> > > - 23 regressions with reference to LKML
> > > - 4 regressions with reference to Bugzilla
> >
> > Presumably that's fixable.
> >
> > But I think bugzilla is more appropriate for tracking longer-term bugs. If
> > some problem has just popped up (or has just been discovered) then it's
> > best to try to knock it over with a quick email discussion. If that
> > doesn't work out then the bug should be captured in bugzilla so that it
> > doesn't get lost.
> >
> > The really important data which bugzilla will record are
> >
> > a) the fact that the bug exists and
> >
> > b) the identity of the person who can reproduce it and who will hopefully
> > work with us on fixing it.
> >
> > > > If you had a
> > > > search of open bugs they would just fall of the list as they get
> > > > closed..
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, the world is not perfect.
> > >
> > > Is anyone interested in maintaining KR list for stable releases?
> >
> > I'm not sure that we need one, really. Any bugs in a stable release can be
> > handled via email and/or bugzilla as we are presently doing?
> >
> > What I'm concerned about is that regressions which we didn't fix are just
> > getting lost. Is anyone taking care to ensure that they are getting
> > transitioned into bugzilla for tracking?
>
> I can copy all regression reports into Bugzilla after each release.

Should we get the regression field fix before? Or had you planned on
just bypassing that completely ?

Daniel