Scott Robert Ladd wrote:
Given the recent problems with the 4.0.0 release and major packages like KDE and the kernel, has anyone considered testing releases by completely compiling a Linux system?
I'm all for more testing -- but I have a standard rant about it being easier to run tests than to fix problems. We actually have a wealth of known regressions -- some pretty serious -- in Bugzilla, and plenty more known bugs. Most come from real problems reported by real users on real code. So, it's not like we're running out of bugs to fix.
Setting up automated regression testing is good, and hugely useful -- but what makes it *really* valuable is having someone who comes in every morning, looks at the output, and figures out who to blame, and, if necessary, fixes the problem herself.
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