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[Luc Verhaegen]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 08:49:39PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 01:51:27PM -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> 
> > > > On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 22:48 +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote:
> 
> > > > > As we learned on XDS, this sort of, what others would call, basic 
> > > > > diligence, like testing some graphics drivers first, would only be 
> > > > > reserved for drivers which would've been merged back into the server 
> > > > > tree.
> > 
> > I believe you're conflating
> > 
> > "changes that break the build of merged drivers will not be pushed"
> > 
> > with
> > 
> > "drivers merged in the server are the only ones that matter"
> > 
> > which, okay, that's a pretty standard comprehension failure for you I
> > suppose.
> > 
> > - ajax
> 
> Please re-read the above and your subsequent statements.
> 
> Your first statement does indeed say: we are free to push changes which 
> break drivers, without taking responsibility for unbreaking those 
> drivers.
> 
> Luc Verhaegen.

One empty bladder later; You're right, i am mixing things here...

"changes that break the build of merged drivers will not be pushed"... 
to the server by the release manager of the server.

That's just stating: the server release manager cannot be bothered to 
look any further.

How about if this sort of strategy was actively applied: changes from 
which the release manager assumes that they will break driver will be 
withheld until this fear is proven wrong or until the issues are 
solved/patches are provided to fix this.

Maybe combined with a posterior tactic of making the author of the 
breaking patch responsible for breakage, which might finally instill 
proactive and forward thinking in some developers.

Luc Verhaegen.