Yeah we'll rely upon it if you put up a (minimum) $100,000 bond
which pays out the first time the software makes a mistake which
introduces risk and someone is potentially holed...

Who needs expert review, right?

> Hi Developer and maintainers,
> 
> We (researchers for UC Santa Barbara) are developing a tool that will help
> in propagating patches.
> 
> Please, It would be great if you can fill a 2-question  anonymous survey:
> https://goo.gl/forms/5cBSx4axKmc8BEtA3
> 
> Would you be interested in a tool, which identifies patches that could be
> imported with a minimal or rather no testing?
> E.g. Security patches, you can import security patches as they usually do
> not affect the functionality.
> 
> This tool would use only old source file and the new source file!! *No
> commit messages, no build setup, nothing!!*
> Something like: git saferebase?
> 
> We actually used the tool on the OpenBSD repository and it did identify
> several (60%) patches which are safe to port or do not affect the
> functionality.
> 
> 
> This tool could be used to import patches from the main source branch to
> your branch without worrying about testing them.
> 
> You can also use this tool as a patch monitor, which monitors all commits
> to a repository and inform you about patches that do not affect the
> functionality or otherwise safe patches.
> 
> 
> Thank You,
> Aravind

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