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To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>, Bernhard Kauer <kauer@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org

On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 21:40 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:

> (and we're quite far from catching every regression btw).

That's kind of my point. A lot of regressions are only found after
they've been pushed. Delaying a push delays finding those regressions.

Don't get me wrong - we certainly want to avoid regressions and doing
some testing before pushing is a good idea, but there is a balance to be
struck.

It's also the case that not all patches are equal. It should be possible
to short-cut the process for small patches, or regression fixes, or
patches from a trusted author who has done significant testing already.

Cheers,
Mark.