Re: regression tracking

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Fri Oct 28 2011 - 13:44:37 EST


On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 26, 2011, Maciej Rutecki wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> On Åroda, 26 paÅdziernika 2011 o 19:23:11 Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> > The regression tracking that you folks used to do before the demise of
>> > bugzilla.kernel.org was incredibly valuable.
>> >
>> > I'm very concerned about the fact that we don't have a systematic way
>> > to do this any more. ÂSome things do get reported on LKML, of course,
>> > but without the legwork you guys did, I'm afraid we're just dropping
>> > things on the floor because there's no summary of what the issues are,
>> > how many people are seeing them, who's responsible, etc.
>> >
>> > Consider this as (1) kudos for performing an essential community
>> > service, and (2) a plea for the resurrection or replacement of
>> > bugzilla.kernel.org or some other mechanism for reviving regression
>> > tracking.
>>
>> Because bugzilla is still down, I yesterday started send regressions (found in
>> LKML) report directly to Rafael, to create summary report (etc.) of them.
>> Until bugzilla comes back, we plan to collect regression in this way, but any
>> proposal for a better solution is welcome.
>
> Seconded.
>
> Especially if there's a password-protected Wiki service somewhere that we
> could use to store data temporarily until the BZ is back, it would be much
> appreciated.

I don't know exactly what you would like to do with a wiki, but Google
Docs might be a possibility.

Disclaimer: I work for Google but this is not any sort of official
offer of help or support beyond the standard functionality that's
available to everybody.

Bjorn
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