Re: linus-next: improving functional testing for to-be-merged pull requests

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Tue Oct 29 2024 - 11:07:56 EST


On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 01:46:23PM +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
Hmmm. After all those mails in this thread improving (and maybe even
separating & somewhat automating[1]) pending-fixes to me still sounds
like time better spend, as then more things could tested before they
even read a PR; but yes, I understand, the timing/order of merges can
mess things up, so testing on PR time has benefits, too.

Automating how? Having it be generated more often?

Maybe I'm just biased, as I could need a better working pending-fixes
for regression tracking[2], as that allows me to ensure regression fixes
are on the right track (which usually is the current merge window and
not the next).

I'd love to throw the linus-next away once I find it useless :)

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Thanks,
Sasha