On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:36 PM, David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com>wrote:
> >>> I disagree. The submitter should be responsible for the "right" amount >> of >> upfront testing. >> > > Now you are confusing me :) You disagree but say the responsibility is on > the submitter. Well I certainly agree with that! Our difference is the > notion of "right". I maintain that for a change to the build instructions > of a given platform, then a test build on that platform is the absolute > minimum upfront testing that must be done. > > The responsibility is on the submitter to be "responsible". But there's a limit to the certainty of correctness you can expect from the submitter. The integration process (including gatekeepers) needs to help out as well. If: - erroneous commits only cause lost work for the submitter and the gatekeeper - erroneous commits can be trivially rolled back - testing is highly automated then we can have a more productive and pleasant developer experience for everyone.
