Re: linux-next: origin tree build failure

Stephen Rothwell
2009-01-13T16:31:42Z

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Hi Ingo,

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:32:14 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
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> * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
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> > > It slipped through because it didnt get caught in build tests because
> > > cpufreq isnt enabled in the powerpc defconfig.
> >
> > Which is one of the reasons we have linux-next: "integration testing".
>
> Build bugs slipped through that net too in the past.

Of course they have.

> And we dont really want developers and maintainers to rely on an external
> middle man facility to be able to submit patches. So the best method is to
> make the defconfigs good enough to catch everyday build bugs. Random
> testing and linux-next can then catch the weird special cases as well.

linux-next is merely a tool - it can't catch anything if you don't use it.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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