Hi Ingo, On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:32:14 +0100 Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > * Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 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. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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