Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2007-10-08T18:17:12Z

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> but Tested-by: doesn't have to involve any "actually looking at/reading
> the patch." Right?
>
> IOW, the patch could be ugly as sin but it works...
>

Sure, absolutely. I never said its a substitute for review. An ugly
working patch is useful, because its the raw material for a nice working
patch. A nice non-working patch can be framed and admired from a
distance, but it isn't terribly useful.

J