On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:27 PM, cornel panceac <cpanceac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 2010/9/2 drago01 <drago01@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Dennis J. <dennisml@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > 2. Regressions can be easier to fix because you have a "known to work" >> > case >> > you can use as a comparison. If bugs could be flagged as regression then >> > developers you potentially look at these first right after the >> > regressions >> > occurred and probably identify the reason for the regression right away. >> >> It isn't that easy as you make it sound (especially for the kernel). >> It can up to need a git bisect but that requires being able to >> reproduce said bug (which might require hardware that the maintainer >> does not have). >> >> > that's one of the many reasons testers' work should not just be discarded. Where did I say that? > they have a lot of hardware and a lot of time the developers can not > possibly have. also they are more significant as average users since they > are not special persons working for special companies. i assumed here that > the average user is important, at least as important as a(ny) company. Well yeah if a tester actually takes the time and run a bisect and tells the developer "this bug is caused by commit foo" it would indeed be very helpful. I was just replying to the statement "it is a regression and thus easier to fix", which isn't that simply in real world. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
