Freezing.. (was Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance)
Quoted 6 lines · Russell King
I'm waiting for the kernel bugzilla to become useful - currently the record for me has been:
3 bugs total
3 bugs for serial code for drivers I don't maintain, reassigned to mbligh.
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This means I write (choose one):
1. non-buggy code (highly unlikely)
2. code no one tests
3. code people do test but report via other means (eg, email, irc)If it's (3), which it seems to be, it means that bugzilla is failing to do its job properly, which is most unfortunate.
I don't currently use bugzilla (just due to inertia), but the
whole world doesn't have to switch to something overnight in order for that facility to end up saving more time and resources than it has cost. Adoption can grow gradually, and it's probably easier to work out bugs (in bugzilla) and improvements that way anyhow.
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Quoted 5 lines · Adam J. Richter
I don't currently use bugzilla (just due to inertia), but the
whole world doesn't have to switch to something overnight in order for that facility to end up saving more time and resources than it has cost. Adoption can grow gradually, and it's probably easier to work out bugs (in bugzilla) and improvements that way anyhow.
I'm not asking the world to switch to it overnight. Just one person would be nice. 8)
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Russell King ([email protected]) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html
Quoted 9 lines · Russell King
Quoted 5 lines · Adam J. Richter
I don't currently use bugzilla (just due to inertia), but the
whole world doesn't have to switch to something overnight in order for that facility to end up saving more time and resources than it has cost. Adoption can grow gradually, and it's probably easier to work out bugs (in bugzilla) and improvements that way anyhow.
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I'm not asking the world to switch to it overnight. Just one person would be nice. 8)
Ok, Russell, maybe I can lend a small hand there....
You have a bug tracking mechanism of your own on www.arm.linux.org.uk, along with a separate patch tracker.
Do you want ARM bug reports in bugzilla instead of your site? If so, can you link to it from that bug tracker page? (I suppose you'd want to
direct people to bugzilla for just 2.5.* and 2.5.*-rmk*)
I submitted a 2.4 bug to your bug tracker, got an answer to the question when I posted to the arm mailing lists (thanks!), and submitted a patch to the mailing list. But nothing has happened on the bug status. I asked if you wanted patches for bugs put in the patch tracker or the bug tracker, but got no reply. I understand that you're fighting the Acorn battle of 2.5.50 -> 2.5.52, so I'm trying not to sound like I'm complaining. (Failing, yes, I know, sorry. :/ ) Some assurance that you will acknowledge bugs in bugzilla would be greatly encouraging to me. (Such as a reply to this message?)
I'll try to get 2.5 bug reports for ARM into bugzilla based on your comments here, but a couple of suggestions:
- post an announcement to the arm lists of where you want which bugs to go,
- link to the same in a prominent place from your bug and patch trackers
- if you can, perhaps give priority in terms of replies and such to those who use bugzilla... I value your replies, and if I can do something to increase my chances of even getting an "Ack, I'll look at it next week", I'll try to do that.
Comments?
Eli
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